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Books : The Arkansas Testament


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780374520991
ISBN: 0374520992
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: September 01, 1988
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Sales Rank: 1007973
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux


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Product Description:
Walcott's eight collection of poems is divided into two parts -- 'There,' verse evoking the poet's native Carribbean, and 'Elsewhere.'




Customer Reviews
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Scintillating and rapturous
I gave this volume to a friend who had no experience of reading poetry (since school, that is), and had asked me what sort of poems he could start with. I pointed out a couple of poems that I thought were highlights, and wished him good luck. When I met up with him a week later, he burst into excited praise for the book. He'd started on the poems I had suggested, and rapidly proceeded to read the whole collection, several times over.
I quite agree with his response - in my early 20s this ... Read More




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