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portada Poems 1962-2012
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2013
Language
English
Pages
656
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.0 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm
Weight
0.88 kg.
ISBN
0374534098
ISBN13
9780374534097
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Poems 1962-2012

Louise Glück (Author) · Farrar, Straus And Giroux · Paperback

Poems 1962-2012 - Glück, Louise

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Synopsis "Poems 1962-2012 "

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The collected works of the inimitable Pulitzer Prize-winning poet It is the astonishment of Louise Glück's poetry that it resists collection. With each successive book her drive to leave behind what came before has grown more fierce, the force of her gaze fixed on what has yet to be imagined. She invented a form to accommodate this need, the book-length sequence of poems, like a landscape seen from above, a novel with lacunae opening onto the unspeakable. The reiterated yet endlessly transfigured elements in this landscape--Persephone, a copper beech, a mother and father and sister, a garden, a husband and son, a horse, a dog, a field on fire, a mountain--persistently emerge and reappear with the dark energy of the inevitable, shot through with the bright aspect of things new-made. From the outset ("Come here / Come here, little one"), Gluck's voice has addressed us with deceptive simplicity, the poems in lines so clear we "do not see the intervening fathoms." From within the earth'sbitter disgrace, coldness and barrenness my friend the moon rises: she is beautiful tonight, but when is she not beautiful?To read these books together is to understand the governing paradox of a life lived in the body and of the work wrested from it, the one fated to die and the other to endure.
Louise Glück
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Louise Elisabeth Glück was born on April 22, 1943 in New York, United States, into a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. From an early age, she showed an inclination for literature and poetry, influenced by reading and the intellectual environment of her home. Her youth was marked by the struggle against anorexia, an experience she would later address in her work with honesty and depth.

She studied at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University, although she did not complete a formal degree due to her illness. Despite these facts, she began a literary career that would make her one of the most influential voices in contemporary American poetry.

Her poetry is characterized by precise and sober language, exploring themes such as loss, family, memory, or desire. She was also a distinguished professor, teaching at universities like Yale or Stanford, mentoring new generations of poets.

Among her most important works are "Firstborn", "The Wild Iris", "Vita Nova", or "Faithful and Virtuous Night". She has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993, National Book Award in 2014, or the Bollingen Prize in 2001.
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Alejandro Mojocó Ramírez Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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Para el precio es un regalo, el valor del libro es incalculable. Una antología perfecta para conocer la voz de Glück y sus matices a lo largo de los años. Imperdible para amantes de la poesía.

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 Mariateresa Cellurale Monday, January 18, 2021
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Un texto importantísimo para la cultura contemporánea. Una colección muy valiosa de la obra de la Premio Nobel Louise Gluck en su idioma original, una voz atípica, de una sensibilidad absolutamente personal y humana, exquisitamente femenina y a la vez intérprete de los códigos poéticos de la antigüedad clásica, que renueva e interpreta en clave atemporal

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 Mario Rodolfo Melnik Monday, March 29, 2021
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Una voz particular e intensa, sin concesiones. La maestría de una gran poeta indagando el sentido de lo humano y la realidad.

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 Santiago Escobar Wednesday, July 09, 2025
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Louise Glück es una maestra del misterio y la infancia. Esta recopilación lo prueba. Fantástica.

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