- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group; 1 edition (Jan 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679765603
- ISBN-13: 978-0679765608
- Product Dimensions: 14.8 x 0.9 x 21.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,634,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- See Complete Table of Contents
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
Sharon Olds's dazzling new collection is a sequence of poems that reaches into the very wellspring of life. The poems take us back to the womb, and from there on to childhood, to a searing sexual awakening, to the shock of childbirth, to the wonder and humor of parenthood--and, finally, to the depths of adult love.
Always bold, musical, honest, these poems plunge us into the essence of experience. This is a highly charged, beautifully organized collection from one of the finest poets writing today.
Always bold, musical, honest, these poems plunge us into the essence of experience. This is a highly charged, beautifully organized collection from one of the finest poets writing today.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
17 reviews
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Wellspring well done
18 April 2002
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this book for several reasons - Olds' poetry is brilliant without being haughty or laiden with archaic vocabulary or tired style. Her straightforward honesty coupled with her conciseness makes her poetry easy to read. Such honesty and conciseness are easy to "overdo" or do wrong. Olds avoids both such mistakes. She is honest without being brutal or giving the reader a sense that they are recieving too much information and she is concise without being too brief and leaving the reading wanting more. Her style tells the reader exactly what she means to say and leaves us feeling as if we have recieved the perfect dose of poetry.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
In her language, her voice, there is a naked view of thesoul
28 Mar 1997
Format:Hardcover
I first came across Sharon Olds' poetry in a volume of the
Best American Poetry edited by David Lehman. The poem,
True Love, which ends the hardcover edition of Wellspring
is a beautiful love song I first found there. That poem in
no way prepared me for the depth and range of feeling found
in Wellspring or the frank approach to the intimacy of
family and life. She leads subtly to the deepest of emotions, exposing the rawness of life and it's wildest
beauty. Riveted would be an apt description of reading
this book. There is an invitation to invasion of privacy,
which once taken leads the reader, first as witness and
finally as partner, to a celebration of living........
Chester Morrison 3/27/97
Best American Poetry edited by David Lehman. The poem,
True Love, which ends the hardcover edition of Wellspring
is a beautiful love song I first found there. That poem in
no way prepared me for the depth and range of feeling found
in Wellspring or the frank approach to the intimacy of
family and life. She leads subtly to the deepest of emotions, exposing the rawness of life and it's wildest
beauty. Riveted would be an apt description of reading
this book. There is an invitation to invasion of privacy,
which once taken leads the reader, first as witness and
finally as partner, to a celebration of living........
Chester Morrison 3/27/97
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Honesty, Integrity, Poetry
3 Dec 2006
Format:Paperback
Sharon Olds work is always well-crafted and honest. Shocking to some, perhaps. (Evidently it does disturb Catherine Ross, whose anti Sharon Olds crusade from April of this year is so transparent--each of her neg reviews written in the same voice, though supposedly penned by different reviewers.) As a man, I have always had a great respect for Olds' writing, her views into the world and her ability to somehow transform pain from the past into something greater and more life-affirming. You will love this book, unless you are profoundly prudish.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
