ISBN: 9780593315989
Editorial: Pantheon
Autor: McCall Smith, Alexander
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 160
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: In a beautiful and transporting volume of poems, the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series takes us on a captivating journey from Africa to Greece, London to North America to Mumbai, and back home to Scotland, celebrating people, places, animals, and books.What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship, love, and travel—the themes found throughout his work that have made him a cherished writer the world over. This first collection of McCall Smith’s poems reflects on these topics with all his characteristic wit and charm.There are moments of sweeping insight and soaring feeling, and moments that will have you laughing along as they subtly shift your worldview. This inimitable writer shares his distinctively astute and good-natured observations on life, love, and beauty, reminding us of the deep satisfaction that can be found when we open ourselves up to the world with our whole heart, and watch as it takes on a kinder and gentler shape.Review"This volume ... adds to an already rich and full bibliography, and perhaps the only surprise is [McCall Smith's] diversion toward poetry as a genre; the humanity, warmth, and intelligence are all familiar. . . . Meeting the creator of Mma. Ramotswe in another guise, as a gentle guide through life in many climates, is likely to prove irresistible for Alexander McCall Smith’s dedicated fan base." —Library Journal"As you might expect, [McCall Smith's] verse displays an unabashed Old World graciousness." —Washington PostAbout the AuthorALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and of a number of other series and stand-alone books. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have been best sellers throughout the world. He lives in Scotland.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.From In a Time of Distance and Other PoemsBy Alexander McCall SmithSome years ago I visited a friend who has a cottage in Eastern Ontario. One evening, my friend demonstrated to me an unexpected talent.WOLVESI read Farley Mowat and thoughtI knew something about wolves,About how they run downTheir prey in lengthy pursuit,About the long brotherhoodsOf wolves and their lonely deaths;I thought I knew about all thatUntil I heard a wolf howl in the night,And was unpreparedFor what I heard, for the keeningOf it, the utter desolation.We stood outside, my friend and I,With the world white about usAs he cupped his handsAnd howled into the darkness;From somewhere far awayCame a response, a howl so sadTh at no words could describeTh e regret of it, the loneliness:Yes, I am here, it must have said;Yes, I am here, and that is all.
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