Author: Louise Glück
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466875593
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A ravishing collection by Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Averno is a small crater lake in southern , regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's eleventh collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is the only source of heat and light, a gate or passageway that invites traffic between worlds while at the same time opposing their reconciliation. Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding for being without plot or hope, no less ravishing for being savage, grief-stricken. What Averno provides is not a map to a point of arrival or departure, but a diagram of where we are, the harrowing, enduring presence. Averno is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
Averno
Author: Louise Glück
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466875593
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A ravishing collection by Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Averno is a small crater lake in southern , regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's eleventh collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is the only source of heat and light, a gate or passageway that invites traffic between worlds while at the same time opposing their reconciliation. Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding for being without plot or hope, no less ravishing for being savage, grief-stricken. What Averno provides is not a map to a point of arrival or departure, but a diagram of where we are, the harrowing, enduring presence. Averno is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466875593
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A ravishing collection by Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Averno is a small crater lake in southern , regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's eleventh collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is the only source of heat and light, a gate or passageway that invites traffic between worlds while at the same time opposing their reconciliation. Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding for being without plot or hope, no less ravishing for being savage, grief-stricken. What Averno provides is not a map to a point of arrival or departure, but a diagram of where we are, the harrowing, enduring presence. Averno is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
Averno
Author: Louise Glück
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141998016
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
'Brilliant poems of complex, haunting power... Averno may be Glück's masterpiece' The New York Times Book Review An acclaimed collection from the Nobel prize-winning poet This startlingly original reworking of the Persephone myth takes us to the icy shores of Averno, the crater lake regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. Here, the consolations of rebirth and renewal are eclipsed by the immediacy of loss - by a mother's possessive grief, an abducted girl's equivocal memories, a farmer's lament for a lost harvest. This chorus offers neither comfort nor solace but deepened understanding, its sorrow textured by the poet's luminous wit. Together, the poems of Averno swell to a staggeringly powerful lamentation, through which the reader glimpses the ecstasy of the inevitable, only to find it resisted by the insistent, impersonal presence of the Earth.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141998016
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
'Brilliant poems of complex, haunting power... Averno may be Glück's masterpiece' The New York Times Book Review An acclaimed collection from the Nobel prize-winning poet This startlingly original reworking of the Persephone myth takes us to the icy shores of Averno, the crater lake regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. Here, the consolations of rebirth and renewal are eclipsed by the immediacy of loss - by a mother's possessive grief, an abducted girl's equivocal memories, a farmer's lament for a lost harvest. This chorus offers neither comfort nor solace but deepened understanding, its sorrow textured by the poet's luminous wit. Together, the poems of Averno swell to a staggeringly powerful lamentation, through which the reader glimpses the ecstasy of the inevitable, only to find it resisted by the insistent, impersonal presence of the Earth.
Vergil in Averno
Author: Avram Davidson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440545944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
He was a Master in Arts Magical, but not yet Incantor et Magus Now Vergil Magus, the powerful sorcerer-poet, returns in the long-awaited prequel to Avram Davidson’s bestselling novel of fable and magic, The Phoenix and the Mirror. Here, Vergil’s extraordinary adventures begin as he journeys into the hideous heart of evil and darkness . . . Enter the Very Rich City of Averno and discover a place on untold riches and untamed lusts, of orgies and drunken revelries, of madness and human corruption. Here is a decaying metropolis of wizards and warlocks, where old crones spin webs of cruelty and deceit, and hell lurks in a labyrinth of underworld caves. Vergil has come to Averno to uncover the secret of its eternal fires, the very center of its wealth and prominence. But as he explores the inner sancta of this ancient and heartless inferno, he finds, too, the fiery bed of Poppaea, the beautiful wife of the city’s most influential Magnates. With this forbidden pleasure comes forbidden knowledge, and Vergil is drawn into a web of intrigue that threatens to turn the terrible power of Averno against him. For centuries, the lords of the city have thrived on the bloody sacrifice of their own people. Now they are determined to add one more name to the scrolls of Averno’s dead . . . and to cast Vergil, now an outlaw, into the burning pits of the dying empire.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440545944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
He was a Master in Arts Magical, but not yet Incantor et Magus Now Vergil Magus, the powerful sorcerer-poet, returns in the long-awaited prequel to Avram Davidson’s bestselling novel of fable and magic, The Phoenix and the Mirror. Here, Vergil’s extraordinary adventures begin as he journeys into the hideous heart of evil and darkness . . . Enter the Very Rich City of Averno and discover a place on untold riches and untamed lusts, of orgies and drunken revelries, of madness and human corruption. Here is a decaying metropolis of wizards and warlocks, where old crones spin webs of cruelty and deceit, and hell lurks in a labyrinth of underworld caves. Vergil has come to Averno to uncover the secret of its eternal fires, the very center of its wealth and prominence. But as he explores the inner sancta of this ancient and heartless inferno, he finds, too, the fiery bed of Poppaea, the beautiful wife of the city’s most influential Magnates. With this forbidden pleasure comes forbidden knowledge, and Vergil is drawn into a web of intrigue that threatens to turn the terrible power of Averno against him. For centuries, the lords of the city have thrived on the bloody sacrifice of their own people. Now they are determined to add one more name to the scrolls of Averno’s dead . . . and to cast Vergil, now an outlaw, into the burning pits of the dying empire.
Descensus Averno: Or, The Downward Drift
Author: James H. Curry
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Averno
Author: Bertram Mitford
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A romantic adventure set in South Africa.
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A romantic adventure set in South Africa.
Descensus Averno
Author: Sebastian Brant
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Category : Aeneas (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Aeneas (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Facilis Descensus Averno
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ISBN: 9781854795892
Category : Classical wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Learn to use Latin in any important discussion with advice from sage Romans.olitics, love, women and relationships are all commented upon with wit.uthors include Caesar, Gaius Julius 100-44 BC, Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106-43C, and Horatius Flaccus, Quintus 239-169 BC.
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ISBN: 9781854795892
Category : Classical wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Learn to use Latin in any important discussion with advice from sage Romans.olitics, love, women and relationships are all commented upon with wit.uthors include Caesar, Gaius Julius 100-44 BC, Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106-43C, and Horatius Flaccus, Quintus 239-169 BC.
Garden & Field (The)
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Bookfellow
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112087575558
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Languages : en
Pages : 728
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