The Rain in the Trees

by W.S. Merwin

Book Overview

A volume of poems concerned with intimacy and wholeness, and with history and how the world endures it--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and "one of the greatest poets of our age ... the Thoreau of our era" (Edward Hirsch).

A literary event--a new volume of poems by one of the masters of modern poetry--The Rain in the Trees is W. S. Merwin's first book since the publication of his Opening the Hand.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394758587
• ISBN13: 9780394758589
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good condition, packaged nicely.

This booked was shipped in good condition, and the description online fit the condition of the book. Thank you.

W.S. Merwin

Images of nature no where nearly cover the symbolism Merwin's poems have. Figurative phrases can be found through out. The mind longs to read them again in their extended absence.

Entrancing

W. S. Merwin is clearly a major figure in American poetry. His work, emphasizing nature, memory, plants, the forest, is thought-provoking, insightful, and delightful. If you buy only one book of poetry this year, buy this one. Everyone we have shared the book with has become absolutely enchanted- a true masterpiece.