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Gluck's eleventh collection is a powerful meditation as she creates the lives of men, women, children of an unnamed Mediterranean village over generations. Some leave only to return, some stay their whole lives, all questioning their motives and decisions. A beautiful, passionate work of a major poet. Highly recommended.

All her life she dreamed of living by the sea..

I hadn‘t heard about Louise Gluck before she won the Nobel Prize for Literature last year. Since the waiting list at the library was insane, I decided to buy my own copy of one of collections and I‘m so glad I did.

To me it feels like every poem tells a story. About youth, marriage, growing old, meeting a friend for coffee and burning leaves. All things that happen in a village.

From the poem “Tribulations”

Last poetry collection of the year and may let it carry over (vs rush thru just to finish by 12/31 🙄) I am enjoying it. #DogsofLitsy #EstherAssisting #poetry

My second book by Louise Glück and my second book of my #BookSpinBingo list

This time, instead of Gods and Heroes, the author takes a close look at the human life on the country side and how it affects nature. Again, beautifully written. I prefered “Averno“ a bit more, since it fascinated me more, but when it comes to quality and literarcy, both books are absolutly worth reading.

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