An edition of Coming into Eighty (1994)

Coming into eighty

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An edition of Coming into Eighty (1994)

Coming into eighty

new poems

1st ed.
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"Here I am, writing poems in my seventy-ninth and eightieth years, and the reason is partly because I am a foreigner in the land of old age and have tried to learn its language." With these words from the preface of her new, luminous collection, May Sarton takes on the subject of herself in old age.

Here are Sarton's observations and reflections, many of which came to her as if by magic during the small hours of the morning. Along with the daily events of writing a letter, appreciating her flowers, taking care of her cat, Pierrot, these poems wrestle with the larger questions of life and death, the difficulties and rewards of living alone. Longtime fans will find Sarton as celebratory and fresh as ever. In a few sketched lines an entire world - her world - springs into place, fully formed.

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Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Pages
71

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Coming into Eighty
Coming into Eighty: New Poems
May 1997, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Coming into Eighty
Coming into Eighty: New Poems
May 1997, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Coming into eighty
Coming into eighty: and earlier poems
1995, Women's Press
in English
Cover of: Coming into eighty
Coming into eighty: new poems
1994, Norton
in English - 1st ed.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811/.52
Library of Congress
PS3537.A832 C66 1994, PS3537.A832C66 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
71 p. ;
Number of pages
71

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1094218M
Internet Archive
comingintoeighty00sart
ISBN 10
0393036898
LCCN
94018659
OCLC/WorldCat
30437087
Library Thing
829150
Goodreads
2039068

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