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Omeros
Derek Walcott
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Description for Omeros
Paperback. Features a poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, this book charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571144594
SKU
V9780571144594
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Ref
99-72
About Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott was born in St. Lucia in 1930. His Collected Poems: 1948-1984 was published in 1986; his subsequent works include the book-length poem Omeros (1990), The Bounty (1997), and Tiepolo's Hound (2000), illustrated with the poet's own paintings. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
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