The Mercy
Poems
$37.59
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2000
Summary
Philip Levine’s new collection of poems is a book of journeys—the necessary ones that each of us takes from innocence to experience, from youth to age, from confusion to clarity, from sanity to madness and back again, from life to death, and occasionally from defeat to triumph.
The book’s mood is best captured in the closing lines of the title poem, which takes its name from the ship that brought the poet’s mother to America:
A nine-year-old girl travels all night by train wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375701351 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375701354 |
| Author: | Philip Levine, Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Co |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2000 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 145mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
“Narrative poems of remarkable honesty and beauty–lines that speak softly and need not raise their voice to capture our full attention.”
– Sarah Manguso, Boston Book Review
“The Mercy is a book for the twenty-first century, revealing the diversity out of which Americans emerged and toward which we continue … In our rapidly changing world, we need such vision.”
–Kate Daniels, Southern Review
About The Author
Philip Levine
Philip Levine was born in 1928 in Detroit, where he was formally educated in the public schools and at Wayne University (now Wayne State University). After a succession of industrial jobs, he left the country before settling in Fresno, California, where he taught at the university there until his retirement. He has received many awards for his books of poems, most recently the National Book Award in 1991 for What Work Is, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for The Simple Truth.
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