- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; Vintage Books ed edition (Oct 12 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0394755359
- ISBN-13: 978-0394755359
- Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 0.6 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 186 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #535,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
Carver's poignant, soul-searching mini-narratives about deathinterspersed with descriptions of natural beautyare a test of relationships between parents and between lovers, a projection of a shattered family of man onto a screen before which the poet stands angry and amazed. "Attached/ to this world by nothing more than hope," the poet confronts each poem's episode of pain buoyed up by "the workings of comfort." His mind dwells on varieties of humiliationhaving his eardrum broken by a frozen snowball, working in an autopsy room where a man's "vital organs/lay in a pan beside his head," having earwigs crawl out of a rum cake. Yet he is resolved not to despair but to see these events as a part of "So much that is mysterious . . . happening out there." Frank Allen, Assoc. Dean, Continuing Education, Allentown Coll., Center Valley, Pa.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Mr. Carver is heir to that most appealing American poetic voice, the lyricism of Theodore Roethke and James Wright.... this book is a treasure, one to return to. No one's brevity is as rich, as complete, as Raymond Carver's."
--New York Times Book Review
"Carver's gifts as a storyteller shine through his poetry.... Sometimes a Carver poem also works as a short story, with all its elements--character, diction, place, event--compressed intact into the brevity of verse. And sometimes Carver delivers the goods in pure lyrical form, in words as full of yearning and sensibility as those of a very young man, but poems possessing the hard-won qualities of focus, stillness and irony only rewarded by experience."
--Los Angeles Times
--New York Times Book Review
"Carver's gifts as a storyteller shine through his poetry.... Sometimes a Carver poem also works as a short story, with all its elements--character, diction, place, event--compressed intact into the brevity of verse. And sometimes Carver delivers the goods in pure lyrical form, in words as full of yearning and sensibility as those of a very young man, but poems possessing the hard-won qualities of focus, stillness and irony only rewarded by experience."
--Los Angeles Times
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful book of poetry,
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This review is from: Ultramarine: Poems (Paperback)
Ultramarine by Raymond Carver, a collection of his poetry, is a gem. With each of my moves I find myself discarding all of my books except for this one. This is the one I hold and keep returning to. While Carver is better known for his short stories, I think it's his poems that communicates his silent emotions. The sparse language of Raymond Carver that is so effective in his short stories is even more powerful in his poetry. If there is anything I would ever recommend, this is it.
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A wonderfull book of the Sea and its mysteries,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ultramarine (Hardcover)
I'm very surprized that no one has reviewed this book! I thought that it was fabulous! I love the way that the plot was on the sea, and its mysteries! I was totally caught up in the book! I read this book straight through, whithout talking to anyone. I hope that there are more books like this out there, and I hope that you will be the next to buy, read, and review this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful book of poetry,
By Michael Park "MonkeyBonkey" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ultramarine: Poems (Paperback)
Ultramarine by Raymond Carver, a collection of his poetry, is a gem. With each of my moves I find myself discarding all of my books except for this one. This is the one I hold and keep returning to. While Carver is better known for his short stories, I think it's his poems that communicates his silent emotions. The sparse language of Raymond Carver that is so effective in his short stories is even more powerful in his poetry. If there is anything I would ever recommend, this is it. 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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He tells what he sees,
By Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ultramarine: Poems (Paperback)
He tells what he seesand what he experiences it can be Bonnard's life story in paintings of his wife it can be his own effort to see the sea and the sky and not let his mind intervene he tells and usually what he tells is a story and the stories are interesting stories ironic stories of his own life and his need to change it to plunge into clear water as his father did or to write with a sharp clear pen like Kafka after eight hours too many looking at his watch in the office he writes these poems and tells these stories and we reading them become more alive to the life in us how strange and more real.
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Riveting Poems by a Fiction Master,
By texcritic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ultramarine: Poems (Paperback)
I saw this book on the shelf for years before I finally picked it up and flipped through it, and once I did, I couldn't put it down for a year. I was familiar with Carver through his short stories, many of which are classics now. But many fiction writers, frankly, make mediocre poets. Carver is an exception. There's not much artifice or self-conscious craft to these pieces -- little experimenting with stanza forms; no rigorous rhyme schemes. The reviews I read of the book by a few contemporary poets were critical (a few quite harshly so). Robert Frost once said, "I never like to read anyone who seems to be saying 'Let's see you understand this, you damn fool!'" Carver's poems are clear, narrative, and do not try to hide non-content behind obfuscation or any of the other tricks of the trade. Many of the poems reflect his growing (at the time) relationship with Tess Gallagher. Others look back to more turbulent years of his earlier life. But the poems compliment the reader by not trying to insult him or her, and they are a pleasure to read. Highly recommended -- especially for people who love Carver's fiction (this book is also incorporated into "All of Us", Carver's collected poems).
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