Ten Commandments Tapa dura - 1998

New York. 1998. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0375401377. 107 pages. hardcover. Cover: David Graham/Chip Kidd. keywords: Poetry America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ten Commandments is a book-length sequence of poems that plot the rules we were raised on, rules we forget but can't evade. Here is the whole underworld of desire, its tasks and perversions. Here are the iron laws and the way the heart is shaped by them, even as it prefers betrayal, adultery, murder, or greed. J. D. McClatchy draws on intimate authobiographical details, and on a range of historical incidents that includes an eerie account of Proust in a brothel and a chilling glimpse of Eichmann in Argentina. Sideshow freaks, snipers in Vietnam, Auden's dictionary, whirling dervishes, motel and mammogram, slave and saint--this book is a cabinet of moral curiosities, a collage of emotional astonishments. When McClatchy's previous book, The Rest of the Way, was published in 1990, he was given an Award in… Leer más

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, March 1998. Hardcover. USED Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. A beautiful poetry book printed letterpress by The Stinehour Press and designed by Chip Kidd. A clean unmarked copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. J.D. McClatchy's .book is a work of brilliance, clarity, and song. .comprises the most stunning poems yet from one of our great poets."---Lorrie Moore

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition Stated . Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

NY:: Knopf,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0375401377 . Stated first edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

New York: Knopf, 1998-03-17. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Like new hard cover edition with like new dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 104 pages.

Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First. Hardcover. 0375401377 . Publisher review slip laid-in.; 6.25 X 0.75 X 9.75 inches; 104 pages .

[ Edition: Reprints ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: ý Knopf Pub Date: 3/17/1998 Binding: hardcover Pages: 104