A collection of poems focusing on the central figure of the crow, predatory, mocking and indestructible. "Crow" is read here by the author in its entirety and with narrative links not included in the published text.
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Stark, disturbing, but strangely exhilarating,
This review is from: Crow (Paperback)
In this slim but powerful volume of poetry, Ted Hughes creates poems like bare bones, blood-blackened stones, jagged icicles, all that's defiant & frightened & forever struggling against a meaningless Universe & an often malevolent God. Crow is a figure of myth, a hungry, hardscrabble chaos of feathers & dark dreams -- sometimes a trickster, sometimes a victim, sometimes a guide, sometimes a Prometheus of sorts. He inhabits an utterly bleak world ... and yet, there's a tremendous energy & bare beauty to these poems. Crow is Death & also Life, setting himself against infinite forces, a battered symbol of soul & negation both. Not for every taste, of course, but recommended for those who view the pain & mystery of existence with an unblinking eye.
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One of the few Must Read poetry books,
This review is from: Crow (Paperback)
This small book, full of repetitions, ambiguities and contrasts may change the way you think about writing and reading forever. It holds a dark mystery as it plays back and forth against itself and forward with momentum. Possesses a deep, raw quality unlike any other book. I was so amazed by the sheer audacity and mystery of this writing that I read about 5 more Ted Hughes books. Sadly, none of them really grabbed me. I have reread this a few times and it has never lost its energy.
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Eerie, Dark, Without Emotion is Ted Hughes' Crow. This small book of poetry takes us on a journey into the Stark and Selfish World of Crow. Crow defies all; even God.It is not irony that Hughes dedicated this book to the memory of Assia and Shura. At times it seems Crow is the personification of Hughes himself. I find Crow to be a very beautiful, albeit nihilistic book of verse.
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