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  • Omeros

    by Derek Walcott ...
    A masterpiece of modern epic poetry from the Nobel Prize–winning author: "One of the great poems of our time." —John Lucas, New StatesmanDive into the poignant verses of Omeros, a grand opus of epic poetry penned by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Told in multiple chapters and tracing two currents of history, this work offers an immersive blend of historic account and personal sentiment.Titled with ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

    by Derek Walcott ...
    A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career"He gives us more than himself or ‘a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language." Alongside Joseph Brodsky's words of praise one might mention the more concrete honors that the renowned poet Derek Walcott has received: a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • White Egrets

    Poems

    by Derek Walcott ...
    A DAZZLING NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POETS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURYIn White Egrets, Derek Walcott treats the characteristic subjects of his career—the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, his love of the Western literary tradition, the wisdom that comes through the passing of time, the always strange joys of new love, and the sometimes terrifying beauty of the natural world ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Gulf

    Poems

    by Derek Walcott ...
    As his title suggests, Derek Walcott's new poems--while making beautiful use of Caribbean imagery--are concerned with themes of isolation and the achievement of identity through loneliness. When it was published in England in 1969, The Gulf was awarded the Cholmondeley prize for poetry. As the London Times wrote, "His new collection is as noble and stern and grand as Milton...Walcott writes with a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Moon-Child

    A Play

    by Derek Walcott ...
    In Moon-Child, the poet and playwright Derek Walcott returns to the island of St. Lucia for a lush and vivid tale of spirituality and the supernatural. In this lyrical new work, the crafty Planter (who may or may not be the Devil in disguise) schemes to take over the island for development. Between him and his goal lies the Bouton family, whose ailing matriarch strikes a bargain: if any of her ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Three Plays

    The Last Carnival; Beef, No Chicken; and A Branch of the Blue Nile

    by Derek Walcott ...
    The three plays in this collection form a triptych--the central play, a farce, is flanked by two dramas. Together they span the last four decades of Trinidad's social and political history, beginning, in The Last Carnival, with the colonial life-style of a French Creole family faced with the emergence of the Black Power movement, and ending, in A Branch of the Blue Nile, with the conflict among ... Read more

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  • Tiepolo's Hound

    by Derek Walcott ...
    From the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, a book-length poem on two educations in painting, a century apart"Between me and Venice the thigh of a hound;my awe of the ordinary, because even as I write,paused on a step of this couplet, I have never foundits image again, a hound in astounding light."Tiepolo's Hound joins the quests of two Caribbean men: Camille Pissarro--a Sephardic Jew born in 1830 ... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Arkansas Testament

    by Derek Walcott ...
    Derek Walcott's eighth collection of poems, The Arkansas Testament, is divided into two parts--"Here," verse evoking the poet's native Caribbean, and "Elsewhere." It opens with six poems in quatrains whose memorable, compact lines further Walcott's continuous effort to crystallize images of the Caribbean landscape and people.For several years, Derek Walcott has lived mainly in the United States. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • O Starry Starry Night

    A Play

    by Derek Walcott ...
    Two masterful artists—Gauguin and van Gogh—come alive in a vibrant drama about friendship, art, and madnessTwo painters—Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh—are living together in the sleepy town of Arles in 1888. Soon, Gauguin, frustrated by van Gogh's refusal to acknowledge his increasingly troubled mind, will depart for Paris. In two years, van Gogh will be dead by his own hand. In the meantime, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Joker of Seville & O Babylon!

    by Derek Walcott ...
    Since 1959, Derek Walcott has directed and written for the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. The Joker of Seville, a comedy based on Tirso de Molina's El Burlador de Sevilla, was commissioned by England's Royal Shakespeare Company. Walcott's sensitivity to the pacing, meter, and lyricism of the original makes his first attempt at adaptation an extraordinary accomplishment. O Babylon! brings life the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Walker and Ghost Dance

    Plays

    by Derek Walcott ...
    Two dazzling dramas on American themes from the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Walker and Ghost Dance."These two verse dramas show 1992 Nobel prize winner Walcott (Omeros) at the top of his form. They are lean, focused, and powerful. . . . These are history plays at their most energetic. Highly recommended." — Library JournalWalker, fir... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays

    by Derek Walcott ...
    Four acclaimed plays by the Nobel laureate, including his Obie Award-winning "masterpiece" ( The New Yorker ).In Dream on Monkey Mountain, a poor hermit on a Caribbean island tears through the market in a drunken rage. Taken away to sober up in jail, he dreams he has become a healer, walking from village to village and tending to the sick. His companion seeks to exploit his power. Yet the half ... Read more

    $14.39 USD