The Prodigal: A Poem
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Do not diminish in my memory villages of absolutely no importance, ... Hoard, cherish your negligible existence, your unrecorded history of unambitious syntax, your clean pools of unpolluted light over close stones. The Prodigal is a journey through physical and mental landscapes, from Greenwich Village to the Alps, Pescara to Milan, Germany to Cartagena. But always in "the music of memory, water," abides St. Lucia, the author's birthplace, and the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374237433
ISBN13:9780374237431
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"
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A flock of commas
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
In the "Prodigal", the noble poet luareate, Walcott proves again he is a man of humble proportion with grand perspective. This landscape of memory lives in poignant hues. His flock of commas soar across stanzas of history. In the color nuiance, he bares his painted soul, so we may grow.
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