Argura / John Peck
1993, First Edition. Manchester : Carcanet. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Very slightly sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #470099
ISBN: 1857540085
Physical description; viii, 149 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; "Mastarna..." (starting p. 1) -- Sahara Frescoes, Tassili (starting p. 2) -- The Capital, 1980 (starting p. 3) -- Leaving the Central Station (starting p. 4) -- Pilgrims for Bendis (starting p. 5) -- Interleaved Lines for Jephthah and his Daughter (starting p. 7) -- "Fire is one..." (starting p. 8) -- Armin (starting p. 9) -- Canzone of Wood, Paper, Water (starting p. 10) -- By Mummelsee (starting p. 16) -- Six Stanzas in Nine Lines (starting p. 18) -- Times Passing the Breakwater (starting p. 20) -- Jonathan (starting p. 24) -- Hellade (starting p. 26) -- Tallies (starting p. 28) -- Ides of February (starting p. 34) -- Roman Elegy (starting p. 36) -- Jaruzelski Winter (starting p. 38) -- Begin's Autumn (starting p. 40) -- In Lazio (starting p. 42) -- Passacaglias (starting p. 44) -- Boat near the Capo Miseno (starting p. 49) -- Campagna (starting p. 50) -- "From an iced basin..." (starting p. 51) -- "He who called blood builder..." (starting p. 52) -- Zurich, the Stork Inn (starting p. 53) -- June Fugue (starting p. 55) -- Cento Biblioteche Italiane (starting p. 60) -- Little Frieze (starting p. 64) -- Three Little Odes (starting p. 70) -- Turns near Vincigliata (starting p. 73) -- Animula (starting p. 76) -- Before a Journey (starting p. 77) -- Border (starting p. 78) -- Kayak Island (starting p. 79) -- Evening Concert (starting p. 81) -- End of July (starting p. 82) -- Fantasia on a Theme from Don Giovanni (starting p. 84) -- Stanzas from the Bridge (starting p. 93) -- Hours near the Crossing (starting p. 95) -- Rhapsody for the Gatekeepers (starting p. 101) -- Riposte (starting p. 103) -- Weather over the Lake (starting p. 104) -- 'Siete voi qui, ser Brunetto?' (starting p. 105) -- Livy (starting p. 107) -- Dearest, Infernal Granite (starting p. 108) -- Seventeen Years after the Tet Offensive (starting p. 109) -- Report from Mendrisio Station (starting p. 110) -- Causerie (starting p. 111) -- Riddle of Peace (starting p. 113) -- Frieze from the Gardens of Copenhagen (starting p. 115) -- Ars Poetica (starting p. 130) -- Round (starting p. 131) -- Parable with Broken Frame (starting p. 138) -- Posthouse (starting p. 139) -- White Deer Running (starting p. 141) -- Thonon-les-bains, Upper Terrace (starting p. 143) -- In a Railway Compartment near Glarus (starting p. 145) -- Never You, in Those Ships, nor to Those Towers (starting p. 146) -- And Fresh Cuttings from Like Things... (starting p. 147) -- Kirschdieb (starting p. 149). Subjects; English poetry. United States.
Price: €10.95