Description

A stark, luminous collection about the difficult passage from emotional devastation toward renewal, these poems examine love, loss, memory, and the fragile reconstruction of the self. Drawing on intimate experience while reaching toward mythic and archetypal dimensions, the work transforms separation and grief into meditations on identity, desire, and artistic rebirth. Louise Glück’s precise, restrained style gives each poem an intense clarity, balancing vulnerability with cool intelligence. The result is a haunting and quietly powerful portrait of what it means to begin again.

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paperback

HarperCollins Publishers

Published Jan 1, 2022

66 pages

ISBN: 9780063117631

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Details

First Published

1999

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Vita Nova by Louise Glück.

Death/Grief
Relationship Dissolution
Emotional Distress