Medicine (Penguin Poets)
by Gerstler, Amy
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140589244
- ISBN 13
- 9780140589245
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surreal, and playful. In her new collection, Medicine , she deploys a variety of dramatic voices, spoken by such disparate characters as Cinderella's wicked sisters, the wife of a nineteenth-century naturalist, a homicide detective, and a woman who is happily married to a bear. Their elusive collectivity suggests, but never quite defines, the floating authorial presence that haunts them. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudo-science, in the idea of an afterlife--are strongly evident in these new poems, which are full of strong emotion, language play, surprising twists, and a wicked sense of black humor.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 631792
- Title
- Medicine (Penguin Poets)
- Author
- Gerstler, Amy
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140589244
- ISBN 13
- 9780140589245
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- , , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...