The time shop : collected poems , Karen Nilsen.
"THE TIME SHOP...WHAT DOES IT MEAN? CAN YOU BUY PRECIOUS MINUTES THERE? PRICELESS HOURS? SLIGHTLY USED MONTHS FROM A WASTREL'S LIFE FOR CHEAP? FIFTY YEARS FOR A GOLDEN JUBILEE? SIX DECADES FOR A DIAMOND ONE?" THESE POEMS INVITE US TO EXPLORE OUR SHADOW AND OUR FRAGILE, YET BEAUTIFUL, MORTALITY AND WHAT MAY COME AFTER THROUGH STORIES IN VERSE. THE READER MEETS VARIOUS CHARACTERS FROM A WEARY GREEK DEITY TO A HAPLESS PURITAN TO A DEAD VIKING KING. EVEN THE AUTHOR HERSELF, A SLIGHTLY OFF-KILTER CAT LADY WHO WAS BORN MIDDLE-AGED, MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN SEVERAL OF THE POEMS. --Back cover
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- ISBN: 9798262773619
- Physical Description: 68 pages : 22 cm.
- Copyright: ©2025
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"THE TIME SHOP...WHAT DOES IT MEAN? CAN YOU BUY PRECIOUS MINUTES THERE? PRICELESS HOURS? SLIGHTLY USED MONTHS FROM A WASTREL'S LIFE FOR CHEAP? FIFTY YEARS FOR A GOLDEN JUBILEE? SIX DECADES FOR A DIAMOND ONE?" THESE POEMS INVITE US TO EXPLORE OUR SHADOW AND OUR FRAGILE, YET BEAUTIFUL, MORTALITY AND WHAT MAY COME AFTER THROUGH STORIES IN VERSE. THE READER MEETS VARIOUS CHARACTERS FROM A WEARY GREEK DEITY TO A HAPLESS PURITAN TO A DEAD VIKING KING. EVEN THE AUTHOR HERSELF, A SLIGHTLY OFF-KILTER CAT LADY WHO WAS BORN MIDDLE-AGED, MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN SEVERAL OF THE POEMS. --Back cover
