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Books by Charles Simic
  | | The Voice at 3(1st Edition) 00 A.M.: Selected Late and New Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603073-1, ISBN: 0-15-603073-X "Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant poetic imagery; his social, political, and moral alertness; his uncanny ability to make the ordinary extraordinary; and not least, the sardonic humor all his own. Gathering much of his material from the seemingly mundane minutiae of contemporary American culture, Simic matches meditations on spiritual concerns and the weight of history with a nimble wit, shifting effortlessly to ..." |
 | | My Noiseless Entourage Poems [Signed First Edition] by Charles Simic Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 2005 by Harcourt, Inc. Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101214-5, ISBN: 0-15-101214-8 "This new collection of poems from Charles Simic demonstrates once again his wit, moral acuity, and brilliant use of imagery. His settings are a farmhouse porch, a used-clothing store, empty station platforms; his subjects love, futility, and the sense of an individual life lived among a crowd of literal and imaginary presences. Both sharp and sympathetic, the poems of this collection confirm Simic's place as one of the most important a ..." |
 | | The World Doesn't End(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 1989 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-698350-1, ISBN: 0-15-698350-8 "Yugoslavian-born Charles Simic, who came to the U.S. in 1954, is known as a creator of poetic fantasy. In this volume, he constructs bizarre, startling and entertaining visions in short descriptive sentences that pile one incongruous turn upon another, building images that are fresh and full of surprise. Like the river in one poem which flows backward, the power of Simic's inner world derives from turning logic on its head and taking a ..." |
 | | The Unemployed Fortune-Teller(1st Edition) Essays and Memoirs (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06569-1, ISBN: 0-472-06569-6 "In the essays, memoirs, and journal articles collected in The Unemployed Fortune Teller, he continues to search these experiences for the sources of his poetry." |
 | | A Wedding in Hell(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1994 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600129-8, ISBN: 0-15-600129-2 "Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. “Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions” (Bloomsbury Review)." |
 | | That Little Something (Hardback) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2008 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101359-3, ISBN: 0-15-101359-4 "Also by Charles Simic Sixty Poems My Noiseless Entourage The Voice at 3:00 am ... and Vicinity Selected Poems Austerities Classic Ballroom Dances Charon's ..." |
 | | Sixty Poems(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2008 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603564-4, ISBN: 0-15-603564-2 "Here are sixty of Charles Simic's best known poems, collected to celebrate his appointment as the fifteenth Poet Laureate of the United States." |
 | | Hotel Insomnia(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1992 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-15-642182-9, ISBN: 0-15-642182-8 "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)." |
 | | The Book of Gods and Devils(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 70 Pages, Published 1990 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-613546-7, ISBN: 0-15-613546-9 "Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as “one of the truly imaginative writers of our time” by the Los Angeles Times." |
 | | Another Republic(Reprint) 17 European and South American Writers by Charles Simic, Mark Strand, Strand Simic Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2008 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-191-4, ISBN: 0-88001-191-2 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 1989 Pages: 256 in Publisher: Ecco First published in 1976. This What astonishing anthology from two U.S. Poet Laureates Charles Simic. and Mark Strand. Compiles a selection of the with finest giving translated literature of the time. Showcasing the then -little-known writers who had a profound influence on the current generation of poets." |
 | | The Lunatic(Reprint) Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2016 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236475-3, ISBN: 0-06-236475-8 "From Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Charles Simic comes a dazzling collection of poems as original, meditative, and humorous as the legendary poet himself. This latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic, one of America's most celebrated poets, demonstrates his revered signature style-a mix of understated brilliance, wry melancholy, and sardonic wit. These seventy luminous poems range in subject from mortality to persona ..." |
 | | New and Selected Poems(1st Edition) 1962-2012 by Charles Simic Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-92828-9, ISBN: 0-547-92828-9 " “It takes just one glimpse of Charles Simic’s work to establish that he is a master, ruler of his own eccentric kingdom of jittery syntax and signature insight.” -Los Angeles Times For over fifty years, Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant and innovative poetic imagery, his sardonic wit, and a voice all his own. He has been awarded nearly every major literary prize for his poetry, including a Pulitzer and a M ..." |
 | | Dime-Store Alchemy The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics) by Charles Simic Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2011 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-486-9, ISBN: 1-59017-486-0 "... JAMES MCCOURT Mawrdew Czgowchwz HENRI MICHAUX Miserable Miracle JESSICA MITFORD Hons and Rebels JESSICA MITFORD Poison Penmanship NANCY MITFORD Madame dc Pompadour HENRY DE MONTHERLANT Chaos and Night BRIAN MOORE The Lonely Passion ofjudith I- Iearne BRIAN MOORE The Mangan Inheritance ALBERTO MORAVIA Boredom ALBERTO MORAVIA Contempt JAN MORRIS Conundrum JAN MORRIS Hav PENELOPE MORTIMER The ..." |
 | | That Little Something(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2009 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603539-2, ISBN: 0-15-603539-1 ""That Little Something "is the superb eighteenth collection from one of America's most vital and honored poets. Over the course of his singular career, Charles Simic has won nearly every accolade, including the Pulitzer Prize, and he served as the poet laureate of the United States from 2007 to 2008.His wry humor and darkly illuminating vision are on full display here as he moves close to the dark ironies of history and human experience ..." |
 | | Dime-Store Alchemy The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics) by Charles Simic, Joseph Cornell Hardcover, 116 Pages, Published 2006 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-170-7, ISBN: 1-59017-170-5 "In Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic refects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting and luminous as the mysterious boxes of found objects for which Cornell is justly renowned.In a work that is in various degrees biography, criticism, and sheer poetry, Simic tells the story of Cornell’s life and illuminates the hermetic mysterie ..." |
 | | Jackstraws(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2000 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-601098-6, ISBN: 0-15-601098-4 "In this new collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a finely detailed dragonfly. Suffused with hope yet unafraid to mock his own credulity, Simic's searing metaphors unite the solemn with the absurd. His raindrops listen to each other fall and collect memories; his wildflowers are ..." |
 | | Walking the Black Cat(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1996 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600481-7, ISBN: 0-15-600481-X "Hamlet’s ghost wandering the halls of a Vegas motel, a street corner ventriloquist using passersby as dummies, and Jesus panhandling in a weed-infested Eden are just a few of the startling conceits Simic unleashes in this collection. “Few contemporary poets have been as influential-or inimitable-as Charles Simic” (New York Times Book Review)." |
 | | Come Closer and Listen New Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2019 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-290846-9, ISBN: 0-06-290846-4 "An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic Irreverent and sly, observant and keenly imagined, Come Closer and Listen is the latest work from one of our most beloved poets. With his trademark sense of humor, open-hearted empathy, and perceptive vision, Charles Simic roots his poetry in the ordinary world while still taking in the wide sweep of the human experience. From poems pithy, wry, and ..." |
 | | When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone(1st Edition) The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry by Gal Beckerman, Charles Simic Hardcover, 608 Pages, Published 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-57309-7, ISBN: 0-618-57309-7 "Product Description At the end of World War II, nearly three million Jews were trapped inside the Soviet Union. They lived a paradox--unwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to leave. When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone is the astonishing and inspiring story of their rescue. Journalist Gal Beckerman draws on newly released Soviet government documents as well as hundreds of oral interviews with refuseniks, activists, ..." |
 | | The Monster Loves His Labyrinth by Charles Simic Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2008 by Ausable Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931337-40-3, ISBN: 1-931337-40-3 "“Nabokovian in his caustic charm and sexy intelligence, Simic perceives the mythic in the mundane and pinpoints the perpetual suffering that infuses human life with both agony and bliss. . . . And he is the master of juxtaposition, lining up the unlikeliest of pairings and contrasts as he explores the nexuses of madness and prophecy, hell and paradise, lust and death.”—Donna Seaman, Booklist"As one reads the pithy, wise, occasionally cr ..." |
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