The Apple That Astonished Paris - Hardcover

Collins, Billy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557280231 ISBN 13: 9781557280237

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:

This book features a new preface by the author, recalling how his first collection was born.

From the Inside Flap:

"Using simple, understandable language, Collins captures ordinary life--its pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and joy." --USA TODAY

"Billy Collins writes lovely poems . . . Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe worlds that are and were and some others as well." --John Updike

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 1557280231
• ISBN 13: 9781557280237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1