The Book of a Thousand Eyes

The Book of a Thousand Eyes

Written over the course of two decades, The Book of a Thousand Eyes was begun as an homage to Scheherazade, the heroine of The Arabian Nights who, through her nightly tale-telling, saved her culture and her own life by teaching a powerful and murderous ruler to abandon cruelty in favor of wisdom and benevolence. Hejinianâ€™s book is a compendium of â€œnight worksâ€â€”lullabies, bedtime stories, insomniac lyrics, nonsensical mumblings, fairy tales, attempts to understand at dayâ€™s end some of the dayâ€™s events, dream narratives, erotic or occasionally bawdy ditties, etc. The poems explore and play with languages of diverse stages of consciousness and realms of imagination. Though they may not be redemptive in effect, the diverse works that comprise The Book of a Thousand Eyes argue for the possibilities of a merry, pained, celebratory, mournful, stubborn commitment to life.
Country USA
Brand Omnidawn
Manufacturer Omnidawn
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2012-04-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781890650575

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