New Directions
Autore di Cat Poems
Serie
Opere di New Directions
Playbook: Five Plays for a New Theater — Publisher — 5 copie
Peaceful Harbor 1 copia
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 132
- Popolarità
- #153,555
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 3
There is one children’s poem, “The Owl and the Pussycat,” and I was delighted to find it so unexpectedly. By the time I reached the end of the volume, however, the poem about the dead cat, the poem that gives a sad reimagining of a classic nursery rhyme cat, the poem about the person who is disgusted with cats, and the poem about the cat-owner who would like to kill her cat had all dampened my enthusiasm considerably. I understand that this poem book isn’t meant as an ode to cats, but rather as a collection of various depictions of cats in different countries, centuries, and languages; but the bizarre nature of the collection and its overall effect were a bit disappointing. Sometimes anthologies take bits and pieces from all over and craft them into a meaningful, beautiful, poignant whole. Here, however, the many pieces seem disjointed, and they don’t seem to make more than the some of their parts. Something feels lacking overall.… (altro)