{"product_id":"the-dream-songs-john-berryman-paperback","title":"The Dream Songs -- John Berryman, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe complete \u003ci\u003eDream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e--hypnotic, seductive, masterful--as thrilling to read now as they ever were\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Berryman's \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e are perhaps the funniest, saddest, most intricately wrought cycle of poems by an American in the twentieth century. They are also, more simply, the vibrantly sketched adventures of a uniquely American antihero named Henry. Henry falls in and out of love, and is in and out of the hospital; he sings of joy and desire, and of beings at odds with the world. He is lustful; he is depressed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd while Henry is breaking down and cracking up and patching himself together again, Berryman is doing the same thing to the English language, crafting electric verses that defy grammar but resound with an intuitive truth: \"if he had a hundred years,\" Henry despairs in \"Dream Song 29,\" \"\u0026amp; more, \u0026amp; weeping, sleepless, in all them time \/ Henry could not make good.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume collects both \u003ci\u003e77 Dream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, which won Berryman the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, and their continuation, \u003ci\u003eHis Toy, His Dream, His Rest\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize in 1969. \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e are witty and wild, an account of madness shot through with searing insight, winking word play, and moments of pure, soaring elation. This is a brilliantly sustained and profoundly moving performance that has not yet-and may never be-equaled.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Berryman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.2\" H x 5.4\" L x 1.5\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780374534554\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52222855840043,"sku":"9780374534554","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780374534554.jpg?v=1774772282","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dream-songs-john-berryman-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}