The Apple That Astonished Paris - Softcover

Collins, Billy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155728024X ISBN 13: 9781557280244

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press, 1988

Synopsis

From the original press release for the book's publication:

Imagine Smokey the Bear walking through the forest carrying a red gasoline can and a box of kitchen matches, or Frankenstein absent-mindedly tapping the bolts on his neck as he composes an elegy. You have just imagined the world of Billy Collins.

Entrance can be gained to this world in THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS, a collection of poems by Billy Collins published in June 1988 by the University of Arkansas Press.

Collins' irreverent images, such as Death stopping the car to get his scythe out of the trunk, strike at the deepest concerns of the human heart and mind in ways as delightful as they are provocative.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Published in 1988, this is Billy Collins' first full-length collection of poetry.

From the Inside Flap:

To read Billy Collins' first book, THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS, is to pass into a linguistic world reminiscent of the visual worlds of Gorey and Sendak, or a gentle passing over into the "far side."

"I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours--his smarts, his strings tuned and resonant, his wonderful eye looping over the things, events and ideas of the world, rueful, playful and warmvoiced, easy to read."--Annie Proulx

"Collins brings to mind the elegant wit of William Matthews, another poet of plentitude, irony, and Augustan grace."--The New Yorker

"No freshly encountered poet since Frank O'Hara has given me, as a common reader, more unalloyed pleasure."--Werne Berthoff, The Boston Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 155728024X
• ISBN 13: 9781557280244
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 61