About this title: This haunting collection takes place in a garden, in which the voices of the flowers, the gardener, and the gods of both speak to one another in the taut emotional tenor Gluck is famous for. Pained spiritual longing and a mythic quality heighten the conversation. Based on traditional prayer, many of the poems bear the titles "Matins" and "Vespers." Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in poetry.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 11/1/1993
ISBN-13:9780880013345ISBN:0880013346
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780880013345ISBN:0880013346
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Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press / HarperCollins Publishers [2003], [New York]
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780880013345ISBN:0880013346
Description: Very Good. Later [7th] printing. Poetry collection. 63 pages. VG+ copy [upper corner creasing] with a bump to the front spine edge [and "Poet Laureate of the United States" sticker affixed to the front cover]. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ecco Pr
Date Published: 1993-11-01
ISBN-13:9780880013345ISBN:0880013346
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013345ISBN:0880013346
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780880012812ISBN:0880012811
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. First edition, hardcover, tiny dark scuff to base of rear board, otherwise a Fine copy in like dustjacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780880013345ISBN:0880013346
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0880013346. Square, tight book with clean and bright pages. Owner's name on ffep. Author has flat-signed title page and also signed opposite page with inscription: For Jane with good wishes-Louise Glück. No other writing in book. Wraps have minor edge rubbing and curling to front. 63pp. plus wraps. Author won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for this collection of poems, and went on to become the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2003. She has also won the National ... read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco, Hopewell
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780880012812ISBN:0880012811
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. A Perfect Copy in Perfect Dust Jacket. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 63 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
"Stunning. The voices of the flowers mix with the voice of God and voice(s?) pleading to God. A fascinating meditation on life, death, the afterlife, depression, recovery, Biblical themes, etc., as revealed through the metaphors of these flowers. Lots of tonal shifts--tones range from angry to interrogative to melancholic to peaceful. I think I enjoy Gluck more when her poems use some sort of stand-in or myth (flowers, Persephone, etc.) to get at something than her more direct poems (i.e. her more confessional ones about mothers, sisters, daughters)."
"REAP it and weep. Have read this collection three times now, and always find myself amazed by the structure. Gluck weaves the voice of the flowers, the gardener/humans, and the god (for lack of a better signifier). I have yet to find another poetry collection with such a provocative tangle of voices and perspectives."
"Powerful and immediate, though sometimes slightly prosaic. But I forgive her everything--how can you not, with lines like "at the end of my suffering/ there was a door." The whole book is basically a super-extension of Sylvia Plath's "Mushrooms" in terms of style and point of view."
"I like poetry books to read as collections, not "projects," but, I realize the feat the poet achieves in this book. I was blown away by a few of the "Vespers" poems. Ararat is still my favorite Gluck book, but I bet I could reread and get something new out of this one each time."
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