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A Village Life : Poems
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A Village Life : Poems Hardcover - 2009

by Gluck, Louise

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Gluck's 11th collection of poems begins in the topography of a Mediterranean village. Although her writing style is novelistic, the poet focuses not on action but on pauses and intervals meant for reflection.

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Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title A Village Life : Poems
  • Author Gluck, Louise
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 72
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
  • Date 2009-09
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6246347-6
  • ISBN 9780374283742
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest

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  • Booklist, 09/15/2009, Page 18
  • Library Journal, 08/15/2009, Page 86
  • New York Times Book Review, 08/30/2009, Page 14
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/06/2009, Page 21
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/21/2009, Page 40

About the author

Louise Glck is the author of more than a dozen books of poems and a collection of essays. Her many awards include the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, the 2015 National Humanities Medal, the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris, the 2014 National Book Award for Faithful and Virtuous Night, the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Triumph of Achilles, the 2001 Bollingen Prize, the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poems: 1962-2012, and the 2008 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches at Yale University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.