| A Wedding in Hell Contributor(s): Simic, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156001292 ISBN-13: 9780156001298 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1994 Annotation: Four paper dolls hold hands like a family. They are cut from a morning newspaper that runs an ad for "heavenly" coffee next to a picture from a war zone. On television, refugees are crowding a road, while on the pay-per-view channel lovers are trading hungry kisses and tearing off each other's clothes. In his new volume of poems, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic juxtaposes the joys of the everyday - the unabashed pleasure of sex, the beauty of nature - against a haunting landscape of shattered windows, soldiers on the march, stray dogs, homeless men, and a God still making up His mind. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Asian American - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 94011941 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.56" W x 8.54" (0.28 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. "Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions" (Bloomsbury Review). |
Contributor Bio(s): Simic, Charles: - CHARLES SIMIC was born in Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1954. He is the author of many books of poetry and prose. Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 and served as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007-2008. |