New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999 First printing of the stated first edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Synopsis

Widely praised for his earlier collections, Daniel Halpern has grown steadily in stature and attainment. Now, with Something Shining, his first collection of new poems in seven years, he gives us an ambitious, wide-ranging meditation on birth, love, and maturity, marking a turning point in both his life and his work. These beautifully crafted poems explore relations between lovers, between friends, between fathers and children. Written by the light of a young daughter's presence, in the distinctive lyrical language that Ted Hughes described as "so free and effortless and unerring," these poems ponder the fading of the body and the struggle that consciousness wages to keep the self afloat. And into this intimate world also enter a surprising array of characters: ancient Chinese poets and modern Cuban musicians, Charlie Parker, Chekhov, and the dervish mystic Rumi. But it is the poet's awareness of his own frailty ("the days run out--no longer oneself," he writes in "Fugue"), that, together with the extraordinary beauty he discovers in environments familiar and exotic, unifies this collection. The work of a poet at the top of his form, Something Shining confirms Halpern's place in our national literature.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: Idler Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003904
Title: Something Shining
Author: Halpern, Daniel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0375407332
ISBN 13: 9780375407338
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: Poetry, American Literature, Review copy.

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