The World Doesn't End
by Charles Simic
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Author: Charles SimicEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1989-03-14
ISBN: 0156983508
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: A landmark volume of poetry
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best books of poetry that has been published in the past 15 years. The strength of this Pulitzer Prize-winning volume comes from its deceptive simplicity. The prose poems are easy and fun to read, but Simic can get very strange very fast. One poem starts, "We were so poor I had to take the place of the bait in the mousetrap." On one level, a delightful line. On another level, it is a disturbing image. In the same poem, as the mouse nibbles on his ear, the mouse whispers, "These are dark and evil days." The juxtaposition of the levity and the darkness creates a landmark volume of poetry, truly an essential book.
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