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The Mercy

By Philip Levine

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The Mercy

By Philip Levine

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Philip Levine's new collection of poems (his first since The Simple Truth was awarded the Pulitzer Prize) is a book of journeys: the necessary ones that each of us takes from innocence to experience, from youth to age, from confusion to clarity, from sanity to madness and back again, from life to death, and occasionally from defeat to triumph. The book's mood is best captured in the closing lines of the title poem, which takes its name from the ship that brought the poet's mother to America: A nine-year-old girl travels all night by train with one suitcase and an orange. She learns that mercy is something you can eat again and again while the juice spills over your chin, you can wipe it away with the back of your hands and you can never get enough.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
98
Release Date:
2000-10-24
Publication Date:
2000-10-24
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0375701354
ISBN13:
9780375701351
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
166 g
Height:
146 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
6 cm
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