Averno

Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book Averno by Louise Glück, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Author: Louise Glück ISBN: 9781466875593
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: July 8, 2014
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Louise Glück
ISBN: 9781466875593
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: July 8, 2014
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

Averno is a small crater lake in southern , regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's eleventh collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is the only source of heat and light, a gate or passageway that invites traffic between worlds while at the same time opposing their reconciliation. Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding for being without plot or hope, no less ravishing for being savage, grief-stricken. What Averno provides is not a map to a point of arrival or departure, but a diagram of where we are, the harrowing, enduring presence.
Averno is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.

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Averno is a small crater lake in southern , regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück's eleventh collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is the only source of heat and light, a gate or passageway that invites traffic between worlds while at the same time opposing their reconciliation. Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding for being without plot or hope, no less ravishing for being savage, grief-stricken. What Averno provides is not a map to a point of arrival or departure, but a diagram of where we are, the harrowing, enduring presence.
Averno is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.

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