Loneliness, loss, sadness, mystery mark this wonderful new volume of poems by Charles SImic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. A child's Sunday suit is pinned to a tailor's dummy in a dusty store window. In the public library reading room a single ceiling fan barely turns.

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Title

The Book of Gods and Devils

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0151134553

ISBN 13

9780151134557

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition/First Printing

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as �one of the truly imaginative writers of our time� by the Los Angeles Times.

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While Simic's terse, enigmatic poems have always expressed metaphysical concerns, this volume's title might suggest he is moving in an overtly religious, even visionary, direction. This expectation is only partially fulfilled by the poems. They largely represent a further exploration of styles and themes he has employed the past few years. The dualism implied by the title is played out in the way the poems balance existential dread with the possibility of hope, the way they explore both the world's "terror and luster." Still, the only certainty is uncertainty. Simic creates a world of signs--"the blue and gold Madonna in the window," a "single ceiling fan barely turning"--that point toward a mysterious, ever-elusive meaning. Simic was awarded the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for his collection of prose poems, The World Doesn't End ( LJ 3/15/89).
- Lawrence Rungren, Bedford Free P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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