{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-derek-walcott-19482013-9780571313815","title":"The Poetry of Derek Walcott 19482013","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Derek Walcott 19482013 \u003c\/i\u003edraws from every stage of the poet''s storied career. Here are examples of his very earliest work, like ''In My Eighteenth Year'', published when the poet himself was still a teenager; his first widely celebrated verse, like ''A Far Cry from Africa'', which speaks of violence, of loyalties divided in one''s very blood; his mature work, like ''The Schooner Flight'' from \u003ci\u003eThe Star-Apple Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e; and his late masterpieces, like the tender ''Sixty Years After'', from the 2010 collection \u003ci\u003eWhite Egrets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Across sixty-five years, Walcott has grappled with the themes that have defined his work as they have defined his life: the unsolvable riddle of identity; the painful legacy of colonialism on his native Caribbean island of St Lucia; the mysteries of faith and love; the trauma of growing old, of losing friends, family, one''s own memory. This collection, selected by Walcott''s friend the poet Glyn Maxwell, will prove as enduri\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865114849623,"sku":"9780571313815","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571313815.jpg?v=1722273598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-poetry-of-derek-walcott-19482013-9780571313815","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}