false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170894151m/76544.jpg 76544 3 Louise Gluck sows the fertile subject ground of marital discord in harvesting this crop of gems. The poems zing back and forth as the verses alternate between man and woman. "Flaubert had more friends and Flaubert was a recluse" says he, followed by her response, "Flaubert was crazy; he lived with his mother," In one scene they argue over dead French writers; later they discuss football. Yet Gluck's work is more than a series of barbs. She writes in the nuances and language of a marriage, laid out against the voices of Odysseus and Penelope. 1268256 1996 Meadowlands total:226|5:86|4:89|3:43|2:7|1:1| 226 930 274 15 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:12:10 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:20:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 12 19:49:21 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 19 09:24:35 -0700 2009 1
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The restorative p...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 16:07:25 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 16:09:52 -0800 2007 sensible -- calm voice, poems that feel like three-medium-breaths -- that it doesn't get viol...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 16 20:48:58 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 21:02:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Nov 08 19:11:09 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 19:17:52 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Fri Jul 27 13:03:01 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 13:03:01 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Sep 14 12:56:38 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 12:56:38 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Jul 25 12:10:55 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 12:11:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:52:07 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:55:06 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 20:53:32 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 20:53:53 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 12:41:10 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 20:16:24 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Mar 20 21:51:23 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 21:52:39 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Nov 21 20:03:02 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 20:03:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:07:14 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:07:14 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 08:05:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 08:05:01 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 16:39:44 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:39:51 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 10 22:27:48 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 22:27:48 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=76544