Ultramarine: Poems

by Raymond Carver

Book Overview

"Carver's gifts as a storyteller shine through his poetry" ( Los Angeles Times ) in this collection that moves from the beauty of the world to thoughts of mortality and family and art. One of Raymond Carver's final collections of poetry, this collection "has the astonished, chastened voice of a person who has survived a wreck, as surprised that he had a life before it as that he has one afterward, willing to remember both sides" ( The New York Times Book Review ).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394755359
• ISBN13: 9780394755359
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

What matters is underneath

What lies underneath Carver's powerful prose or poetry is a whole world, a reflection of humanity and its enduring power. Carver gives us slices of life like traces made with the most precise pencil, leaving what's important underneath his writing, for the heart and mind to appreciate. This is a testament to the iron will of a man who didn't give up, who could defeat the world's misery and create beauty out of his disgrace. Do yourself a great favor and buy this book, this is one of those I could recommend to anyone, anytime.

He tells what he sees

He tells what he sees and what he experiences it can be Bonnard's life story in paintings of his wife it can be his own effort to see the sea and the sky and not let his mind intervene he tells and usually what he tells is a story and the stories are interesting stories ironic stories of his own life and his need to change it to plunge into clear water as his father did or to write with a sharp clear pen like Kafka after eight hours too many looking at his watch in the office he writes these poems and tells these stories and we reading them become more alive to the life in us how strange and more real.

Wonderful book of poetry

Ultramarine by Raymond Carver, a collection of his poetry, is a gem. With each of my moves I find myself discarding all of my books except for this one. This is the one I hold and keep returning to. While Carver is better known for his short stories, I think it's his poems that communicates his silent emotions. The sparse language of Raymond Carver that is so effective in his short stories is even more powerful in his poetry. If there is anything I would ever recommend, this is it.

A wonderfull book of the Sea and its mysteries

I'm very surprized that no one has reviewed this book! I thought that it was fabulous! I love the way that the plot was on the sea, and its mysteries! I was totally caught up in the book! I read this book straight through, whithout talking to anyone. I hope that there are more books like this out there, and I hope that you will be the next to buy, read, and review this book!