The three books that brought Mark Doty acclaim - the poetry collectionsMy AlexandriaandAtlantis, and the prose memoirHeaven's Coast- dealt unflinchingly with love and its loss. The poems in this new book are from a man transfigured and elevated by grief, and the tone throughout is one of celebration at the majesty, the impossible splendour of the living world. Whether the subject is golden retrievers or humpback whales, Delft tiles or Murano glass, lilacs on Third Avenue or turtles on Broadway, these are exquisite, transcendent hymns of praise: sensuous, brilliant and thrillingly alive.
| ISBN: | 9780224051194 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 1998 |
| Author: | Mark Doty |
| Publisher: | Jonathan Cape an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 103 pages |
| Series: | Cape Poetry |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets |