{"product_id":"ararat-poems-louise-gl-ck-paperback","title":"Ararat: Poems -- Louise Glück, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new edition of the Nobel laureate's searing fifth collection of poetry, about \"the myth of a happy family\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nLouise Glück, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, was an era-defining poet: innovative, brave, and wholly individual. Her work has left an indelible mark on the literature of our nation and of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArarat\u003c\/i\u003e, Glück's fifth collection of poetry, centers on the death of her father. Here she creates a ruthlessly probing family portrait and confronts the difficulties and intricacies of a daughter's relationship to her parents. The result is a subtle and determined collection in which the poet interrogates both her own life and the whole world that emanates from it. \"I was born to a vocation,\" she writes, \"to bear witness \/ to the great mysteries. \/ Now that I've seen both \/ birth and death, I know \/ to the dark nature these \/ are proofs, not \/ mysteries--\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Louise Glück\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.9\" H x 5.9\" L x 0.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780374613617\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51740855828779,"sku":"9780374613617","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780374613617.jpg?v=1774843264","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/ararat-poems-louise-gl-ck-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}