{"product_id":"omeros-fsg-80th-anniversary-special-edition-9780374622350","title":"Omeros: Fsg 80th Anniversary Special Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe grand epic poem from the Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e, named for Homer--that other chronicler of conflict and homecoming--is the Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott's epic poem of the Atlantic. In scenes from St. Lucia, England, Massachusetts, and Lakota territory, Walcott offers history on a grand scale--replete with the horrors of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade--as well as the interior story of private suffering and individual exile. In musical and agile lines, as unpredictable and unceasing as the sea itself, Walcott forges an \u003ci\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/i\u003efor the Americas and an enduring story of Caribbean selfhood, a work that is alive to the present and enriched by the deep, seductive rhythms of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the great poems of our time.\" --John Lucas, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Walcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.31w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374622350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott (1930-2017) \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems: 1948-1984\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eOmeros \u003c\/i\u003e(1990); a collection of verse, \u003ci\u003eThe Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem \u003ci\u003eTiepolo's Hound\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). His numerous plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Haitian Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eWalker and The Ghost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Derek Walcott \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48791255089309,"sku":"9780374622350","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_de1e8502-b399-49ef-86c3-b997063c336f.jpg?v=1786550971","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/omeros-fsg-80th-anniversary-special-edition-9780374622350","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}