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House of Light (Paperback)

by Mary Oliver (Author)

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Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press; 1 edition (Aug 4 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080706811X
ISBN-13: 978-0807068113
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 0.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 205 g

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In her seventh book, Oliver--Pulitzer Prize winner for her 1984 collection, American Primitive ( LJ 2/15/83)--carries readers into her vivid landscape and involves them in her process of discovery and recognition--from the tiny white spot in the distance, to the realization that it's a bird, to the name and song of the bird. This is a poet who rhetorically asks: "how could there be a day in your whole life/ that doesn't have its splash of happiness?" Lyrical lines move gracefully across the page as the spirituality mounts. One is tempted to call these poems too "poetic" or "romantic," but Oliver does not avoid nature's cruelty. With original, compelling vision, she discovers the same "splash of happiness" in the snow shining around a beggar boy or the smile of a woman cleaning toilets in Indonesia. Recommended.
- Rochelle Ratner, formerly Poetry Editor, "Soho Weekly News," New York
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Oliver's poems are thoroughly convincing--as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." -The New York Times Book Review

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Wake up!" is the tender, fierce cry of this book..., Jul 19 1999

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I've read just about everything that Mary Oliver has written...and something about "House of Light" makes me sit up and LISTEN to the natural world. These poems -- I think especially of "The Kookaburras" -- invite us to become more accountable for every thought, action, and gesture. Mary's poems break my heart open again and again; they're soul-food for me; they remind me of what is essential. Mary is a compassionate witness for the exquisite minutae of life.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An aide to see the world in a deeper reality., Jan 7 1999

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The poems bring us close to nature and enable us to create a link of awareness that is sometimes soft, sometimes shattering. We are connected closely to the animals and birds - "The Kookaburras" made me cry. The reality of death is treated in a way that makes us pay attention and live NOW and know that when we are enveloped by that vast darkness, as everything eventually is, it will be alright.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent imagery!, Jul 16 1998

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I read this book on the recommendation of a friend, and found it to be a spiritually-filling experience. I particularly like the imagery of "The Ponds". Read it, all of you!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Illuminating!! Oliver is brilliant...
After reading "House of Light" by Mary Oliver (the book was a gift for my sixteenth birthday a few years back) I began to write. It is inspirational ! Read more

Published on April 28 1998