God's Silence (First Edition)

Franz Wright

ISBN 10: 1400043514 / ISBN 13: 9781400043514

Published by Knopf, New York, 2006

About this Item

New York: Knopf [2006]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. NEW. Very fine/very fine in all respects. A pristine unread copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover. Smoke-free shop. Defect-free. Shipped in well padded box. You cannot find a better copy.

Seller Inventory # bpas0306-11

Bibliographic Details

• Title: God's Silence (First Edition)
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400043514
• ISBN 13: 9781400043514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

A new compilation of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Walking to Martha's Vineyard features the powerful long poem "East Boston, 1996," a work that evokes some of the darker moments and experiences that informed the development of his sensibility, and analyzes his own and the collective human soul. 10,000 first printing.

About the Author

Franz Wright was born in Vienna in 1953 and grew up in the Northwest, the Midwest, and Northern California. His most recent works include Ill Lit: Selected & New Poems, The Beforelife (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), and Walking to Martha’s Vineyard (which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry). He has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Fellowship, and the PEN/Voelcker Prize, among other honors. He lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife, the translator and writer Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright.