Gathering the Tribes

by Carolyn Forché

Book Overview

The language and images of Carolyn Forch 's poetry are so closely bound to the natural cycles of the seasons, of generations, of the body's functioning, that it is surprising to realize how many of her poems deal with uprootedness--hasty emigrations from Czechoslovakia and Kiev, the loss of grandparents and other elders, people leaving and being sent away. But this poetry is not a sentimental celebration of the goodness of nature, and harmony with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300019858
• ISBN13: 9780300019858
• Release Date: September 1976
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 8.0"