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The River in the Sky - A Poem

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The River in the Sky - A Poem

By Clive James

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About the book

"Few people read Poetry any more, but I still wish to write its seedlings down, if only for the lull of gathering: no less a harvest season for being the last time," writes Clive James in his epic poem, The River in the Sky. What emerges from this lamentation is a soaring epic of exceptional depth and overwhelming feeling, all the more extraordinary given its appearance in an age when the heroic poem seems to have disappeared from contemporary literature.Among James's many talents is his uncanny...Show more

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9781631494734

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2018

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1

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The River in the Sky - A Poem

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Hardcover

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