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ALCESTIS IN THE UNDERWORLD IBD

NINA MURRAY
CIRCLING RIVERS
05 / 2020
9781939530127
Inglés

Sinopsis

In Greek myth, Alcestis descends to the underworld in place of her husband, a king, so that he may continue to rule the living. After she returns, she and her familyálive&mdash,presumably¡&mdash,happily ever after.á But she has seen and learned things no one else knows.áAlcestis in the Underworldáarticulates a poet&rsquo,s personal experience of civic duty: her life in Moscow as a U.S. diplomat, after growing up in then-USSR Ukraine.áPraise for Nina Murray&rsquo,sáMinimize Considered&ldquo,These poems&mdash,this poet&mdash,bear the unmistakable stamp of the real thing.&rdquo, &mdash, Roy Scheele, author ofáThe SleddersáandáA Far Allegiance&ldquo,Reading Nina Murray',s work is, in some ineffable way, like turning the pages of your own life. It leaves you in greater harmony with the world and more deeply in touch with its infinite possibilities.&hellip, Beautiful writing, a singular book of poems, rendered in precise, crisp language yet, marvellously, managing to produce a powerful visceral, vivid, heart-bound, near-inarticulable impression.&rdquo, &mdash, Mikhail Iossel, author ofáEvery Hunter Wants to Knowáand contributing writeráNew Yorker