The Night Abraham Called to the Stars: Poems

by Robert Bly

Book Overview

"The poems of The Night Abraham Called to the Stars mark the ripening of a new current in Bly's career: Now in his mid-70s, he is writing with tremendous energy and clarity and force, and producing some of the best work of his long career." -- The Nation

A volume of poetry with an emphasis on spirituality from the National Book Award winner.

Drawing on the profound influence that Islamic poetry, such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060934441
• ISBN13: 9780060934446
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Night Abraham Called to the Stars

The title poem, refered to as "clunky" by the Publishers Weekly reviewer, is also one of the first poems of the many, many that I have read and collected that really spoke to me. It is one that I enjoy reading still today. Perhaps this collection is technically inferior in some ways that more studied men than I might disdain, but it feels like a Hermann Hesse novel to me: I know that it isn't the "best" literature, but it is literature that inspires me to feel and contemplate, which makes it a favorite of mine.