Hotel Insomnia
Kindle Edition
HarperCollins · Ebook · November 11, 1992
In this volume, Simic fills the wee hours of his poetry with angels and pigs, riddles and cemeteries.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- Enter a haunted poetic world where angels, pigs, riddles, and cemeteries share the wee hours.
- Themes
- East European memory, Haunted imagery, East European past and American present
- Genres
- American Poetry, Poetry About Death, Nature Poetry
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genre: American Poetry.
The World Doesn't EndCharles Simic68% matchAlso shares Poetry About Death
Mockingbird Wish Me LuckCharles Bukowski54% matchAlso shares Poetry About Death
The Continual ConditionCharles Bukowski48% matchAlso shares Poetry About Death
Dime-store AlchemyCharles Simic49% match
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General AssemblyDenis Johnson49% match
EncounterMilan Kundera47% match
Selected and Last PoemsCzeslaw Milosz48% match
The Pleasures of the DamnedCharles Bukowski48% match
For younger readers: When the Angels Left the Old Country, A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
In this volume, Simic fills the wee hours of his poetry with angels and pigs, riddles and cemeteries. His is a rich, haunted world of East European memory and american present-a world of his own creation, one always full of luminous surprise. “Simic writes so simply that his words fall like drops of water, but they ripple outward to evoke an ominous and numinous world” (Washington Post Book World).
Luminous Unease
Enter a haunted poetic world where angels, pigs, riddles, and cemeteries share the wee hours.
Come here for
- East European memory beside the American present
- Simple language with ripples of ominous wonder
Expect
- A world of luminous surprise
- Poems steeped in haunting contrasts
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 79% |
|---|---|
| Poetry About Death | 31% |
| Nature Poetry | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Poetry
- Authors
- Charles Simic
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 11, 1992
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- East European memory · Haunted imagery · East European past and American present
- Reading lane
- American Poetry