Book
The World Doesn't End
A Poetry Collection
Charles Simic
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 14, 1989
Reading lane: Place Poetry
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry “One of the truly imaginative writers of our time.” — Los Angles Times Book Review You never know what Charles Simic is up to until you reach the end of the line or the bottom of the paragraph.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
A Sudden Turn
Simic’s poems and prose poems pair mischievous turns with flashes of grim memory.
Come here for
- Puns and pranks beside wistful memories of war
- Streetwise jazz with the occasional cloak of antiquity
Expect
- Poems and poems-in-prose with unpredictable turns
- A kiss, a bludgeon, or society’s absurdities
Book Details
- Authors
- Charles Simic
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 14, 1989
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Place Poetry · American Poetry
- Reading lane
- Place Poetry
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African American Poetry
Asian American Poetry
About This Book
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry “One of the truly imaginative writers of our time.” — Los Angles Times Book Review You never know what Charles Simic is up to until you reach the end of the line or the bottom of the paragraph. Waiting for you might be a kiss. Or a bludgeon. A smile at the absurdities of society, or a wistful, grim memory of World War II. He puns, pulls pranks. He can be jazzy and streetwise. Or cloak himself in antiquity. Charles Simic has new eyes, an...
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