Moon Crossing Bridge: Poems.
by Gallagher, Tess
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1555971563
- ISBN 13
- 9781555971564
- Seller
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
St. Paul :: Graywolf Press,, 1992.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. This copy is signed by Gallagher. Moon Crossing Bridge is Tess Gallagher's sixth book, and her descent into the world of the dead, a remembrance of her deceased beloved (Ray Carver), whose presence and absence are recalled in sombre lyrical rhythms and with a extraordinary range of expressions of love and sadness. Devoid of self-pity or illusion, yet full of dream and vision and wisdom, these beautifully intense and powerful poems bestow the gift of words to the widow's silence, to the silence of all who are muted by grief and loss. With this unusual volume, arranged in six carefully paced movements to suggest the journey from death to recovery, Gallagher charges language with its utmost responsibilities: here poetry aspires deeply and urgently beyond its cultural marginality to embrace the paradox of sharing unshareable pain and to assume again an Orphic voice and a communal necessity.
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- Bookseller
- Gregor Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28574
- Title
- Moon Crossing Bridge: Poems.
- Author
- Gallagher, Tess
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1555971563
- ISBN 13
- 9781555971564
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,
- Place of Publication
- St. Paul :
- Date Published
- 1992.
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE POETRY;
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Gregor Rare Books
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Langley, Washington
About Gregor Rare Books
Gregor Rare Books is an open shop in the beautiful waterfront village of Langley, WA on Whidbey Island. We offer a fine selection of Distinctive Literature in the First Edition. Our shop hours are Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 5 pm pst.
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