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Margaret Atwood’s debut book of poetry, 'The Door', is a magnificent achievement. Here in paperback for the first time, these fifty lucid, urgent poems range in tone from lyric to ironic to meditative to prophetic, and in subject from the personal to the political, viewed in its broadest sense. The book investigates the writing of poetry itself, as well as the passage of time and our shared sense of mortality. 'The Door' is brave and compassionate, interrogating the certainties we build our lives on and reminding us once again of Margaret Atwood’s unique accomplishments as one of the finest and most celebrated writers of our time.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Margaret Atwood
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