Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
96
Language
English
Published
Nov 30, 2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
ISBN-10
185754837X
ISBN-13
9781857548372
Description
Averno, a crater lake in southern Italy, was for the Romans the entrance to the underworld, both gateway and impassable barrier between the living and the dead. In Louise Gluck's latest collection, Averno is the only source of heat and light in a world turned to icy winter. Ancient myth is reanimated in the desolation of Persephone's laments for the lost warmth of earthly life. Both epic and intimate in scope, "Averno" explores the enduring drama of love and death.
Genres
Action & Adventure
Poetry