{"product_id":"a-village-life-poems","title":"A Village Life: Poems","description":"WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\n\nA dreamlike collection from the Nobel Prize-winning poet\n\nA Village Life, Louise Glück's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village, a Mediterranean world of no definite moment or place:\n\nAll the roads in the village unite at the fountain.\n\nAvenue of Liberty, Avenue of the Acacia Trees―\n\nThe fountain rises at the center of the plaza;\n\non sunny days, rainbows in the piss of the cherub.\n\n―from \"tributaries\"\n\nAround the fountain are concentric circles of figures, organized by age and in degrees of distance: fields, a river, and, like the fountain's opposite, a mountain. Human time superimposed on geologic time, all taken in at a glance, without any undue sensation of speed.\n\nGlück has been known as a lyrical and dramatic poet; since Ararat, she has shaped her austere intensities into book-length sequences. Here, for the first time, she speaks as \"the type of describing, supervising intelligence found in novels rather than poetry,\" as Langdon Hammer has written of her long lines―expansive, fluent, and full―manifesting a calm omniscience. While Glück's manner is novelistic, she focuses not on action but on pauses and intervals, moments of suspension (rather than suspense), in a dreamlike present tense in which poetic speculation and reflection are possible.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374283745\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0374283745.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Louise Glück\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43667516457021,"sku":"BVV.0374283745.G","price":9.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374283745-0.jpg?v=1790026713","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-village-life-poems","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}