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In his second collection of poems, Adam Kirsch examines the world we live in now, a world in which the dangers of history have invaded the pleasures of private life. His connected poems use traditional forms to create a free, contemporary music amidst the omens of the post-September 11 world. Mr. Kirsch is at home with all the strange juxtapositions of our culture: he can celebrate "the paradisal sighs" of Jane Birkin and still hear the "angelic harmonies" of Handel's Messiah; he can observe military jets trailing "stripes of smoke" and find the quiet of a synagogue in Queens. Invasions is a moving and highly personal collection, Mr. Kirsch's exploration of what he calls, with fear and hope, "the magically real."

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Invasions
• Subtitle: New Poems
• Author: Adam Kirsch
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• EAN: 9781566637749
• ISBN: 1566637740
• ID: 05082901
• Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
• Weight: 118 g
• Dimensions: 218 × 149 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. February 2008

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