Mermaids Explained, Poems

Reid, Christopher; Simic, Charles (Ed./Forew.)

ISBN 10: 0151001065 / ISBN 13: 9780151001064

Published by Harcourt, Inc, New York, 2001

About this Item

First U.S. edition, hardcover, has tiny skew to binding, touch of bowing to boards, and very slight bumps to spine ends and board corners, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy in like dust jacket which has very slight bumps to spine ends and upper corners, and light rubbing.

Seller Inventory # 96005

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mermaids Explained, Poems
• Publisher: Harcourt, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151001065
• ISBN 13: 9780151001064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st U.S. Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Since 1976, Christopher Reid has been startling and delighting readers of poetry. His philosphic concerns are often expressed in small, domestic details, but, as with the Metaphysical poets he admires, the effect heightens his poetry's seriousness and impact. Reid finds significance in the marginal, the endangered, the apocryphal, and the absurd. His verse, which has earned him both the distinguished Hawthornden and Somerset Maugham Prizes, is subversive and highly intelligent.

The Pultizer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic provides a welcome introduction to one of England's most distinguished and original voices.

About the Author

Former poetry editor at Faber & Faber, Christopher Reid has published five volumes of poetry. He lives in London. Charles Simic, author of, most recently, Jackstraws, is the recepient of many awards and honors for his poetry. He lives in New Hampshire.