{
"item_title" : "The Swimmer",
"item_author" : [" John Koethe "],
"item_description" : "A searching new collection from America's philosopher-poetJohn Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, the late-night jazz, great sex and all / The human shit defining what we are. His poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. The Swimmer argues that this energizes everything life's trivialities, surprises, and disappointments, and the terrible feeling of being just about to fall.",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/37/453/685/0374536856_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "17.00", "online_price" : "17.00", "our_price" : "17.00", "club_price" : "17.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
Overview
A searching new collection from America's philosopher-poet
John Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, "the late-night jazz, great sex and all / The human shit defining what we are." His poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. The Swimmer argues that this "energizes everything" life's trivialities, surprises, and disappointments, and the "terrible feeling of being just about to fall."Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780374536855
- ISBN-10: 0374536856
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publish Date: March 2017
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Page Count: 96
Related Categories
