Description: Omeros by Derek Walcott A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events — the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement — and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events -- the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement -- and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. Author Biography Derek Walcott was born in St. Lucia in 1930. He is the author of thirteen collections of poetry, seven collections of plays, and a book of essays. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. Review "No poet rivals Mr. Walcott in humor, emotional depth, lavish inventiveness in language, or the ability to express the thoughts of his characters and compel the reader to follow the swift mutations of ideas and images in their minds. This wonderful story moves in a spiral, replicating human thought, and in the end, surprisingly, it makes us realize that history, all of it, belongs to us." --Mary Lefkowitz, The New York Times Book Review (an Editors Choice/Best Book of 1990 selection)"Characters come fully and movingly to life in Walcotts hands; black and white are treated with equal understanding and sympathy as they go their complicated ways . . . Wit and verbal play . . . enliven every page of this extraordinary poem . . . A constant source of surprise and delight from stanza to stanza, a music so subtle, so varied, so exquisitely right that it never once, in more than eight thousand lines, strikes a false note." --Bernard Knox, The New York Review of Books"One of the great poems of our time." --John Lucas, New Statesman and Society Review Quote One of the great poems of our time. Details ISBN0374523509 Author Derek Walcott Short Title OMEROS Language English ISBN-10 0374523509 ISBN-13 9780374523503 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 811 Year 1992 Publication Date 1992-06-30 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Residence NY, US Birth 1930 Pages 336 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux DOI 10.1604/9780374523503 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1992-06-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:43655797;
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