Strangers: A Book of Poems

"David Ferry must have had something up his sleeve when he called his book "Strangers," because his is a poetry of intimacy and familiarity. More than that, Mr. Ferry's short, sparse lyrics are as perfectly and simply composed as Japanese haiku--a rare accomplishment in poetry written in English."--Andy Brumer, New York Times Book Review

"Strangers is a remarkably good book for a reader sufficiently attentive to hear its quiet power, to let it work in its distinctive way."--Boston Globe

"The poems of David Ferry's Strangers are in fact one book, and it is a splendid one. There is the same austere and poignant voice throughout, asking the unanswerable things, speaking of all that is withheld from us, confronting the unknownness that dwells even in the familiar and dear. Painful and touching, the book offers a distinctive vision which is at the same time inescapably true."--Richard Wilbur

Author: David Ferry
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09/01/1983
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.62w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9780226244709
ISBN10: 0226244709
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General