Synopsis
Displaying Walcott's characteristic blend of soaring imagery and plain fact, this sequence of fifty poems explores such themes as the relationship of poetry to painting and the pull of sea, family, and friendship
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About the Author
Derek Walcott was born in St Lucia, in the West Indies, in 1930. The author of many plays and books of poetry, most recently White Egrets (2010), he was awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.
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Midsummer
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Inscribed by author, dated '86. First edition. DJ with original price intact; mild wear and age toning to jacket. Slight sunning to edges of cover. Pages clean save duststaining to top edge. Binding secure. Seller Inventory # mon0000126986