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A Wedding in Hell
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Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Author: Charles Simic
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A Wedding in Hell Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780156001298
ISBN: 0156001292
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 96
Publication Date: 1994-11-30
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780156001298
ISBN: 0156001292
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 96
Publication Date: 1994-11-30
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Editorial Review of A Wedding in Hell
Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. “Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions” (Bloomsbury Review).
Customer Reviews of A Wedding in Hell
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Review Summary: His Best
Review: Of all Simic's books, this is the strongest. All his themes are here: the search for meaning, religious iconography, and his use of ironic contrasting images. This is the book that should have won the Pulitzer (nothing against his "The World Doesn't End"). Imagine a cross between Blake, Neruda, and Issa, and you'll have a good idea of the places this book will take you.
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Review Summary: Beautiful.
Review: Charles Simic, A Wedding in Hell (Harcourt Brance Jovanovich, 1994)
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Review Summary: Considering Charles Simic
Review: After reading many of Charles Simic's works, I have to say that this book of poems was an easy and inspiring read. I find that reading his work lightens me up even if the content is at times dark. Simic seems to be writing through his darkness in this work and searching for the light at the end of the tunnel. He often uses humor in his darkness as well as obsurdity to reflect on the reality. It's a quick read and they are the kind of poems that you can read over and over again and always learn a deeper insight from them. He is an easy poet to relate to and definitely worth reading.
Review Summary: His Best
Review: Of all Simic's books, this is the strongest. All his themes are here: the search for meaning, religious iconography, and his use of ironic contrasting images. This is the book that should have won the Pulitzer (nothing against his "The World Doesn't End"). Imagine a cross between Blake, Neruda, and Issa, and you'll have a good idea of the places this book will take you.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Beautiful.
Review: Charles Simic, A Wedding in Hell (Harcourt Brance Jovanovich, 1994)
Simic is as good as it gets, and in A Wedding in Hell he's in top form. Simultaneously irreverent and spiritual, the bulk of the poems in this book center around themes of higher powers and how odd they are when looked at from our perspective. Simic's usual surreal wit is in play throughout, and almost every poem has an unexpected pleasure waiting for the reader at the end. (I'd jotted down quotes to put here, but it was raining yesterday and the paper got smudged. Since I can't read my own writing, just imagine "Prayer" is inserted here.)
Lovely, on a par with Simic's beat work. Highly recommended. ****
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Considering Charles Simic
Review: After reading many of Charles Simic's works, I have to say that this book of poems was an easy and inspiring read. I find that reading his work lightens me up even if the content is at times dark. Simic seems to be writing through his darkness in this work and searching for the light at the end of the tunnel. He often uses humor in his darkness as well as obsurdity to reflect on the reality. It's a quick read and they are the kind of poems that you can read over and over again and always learn a deeper insight from them. He is an easy poet to relate to and definitely worth reading.