October (Quarternote Chapbook Series) (Paperback)

~ Louise Glück (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The third annual edition of Sarabande's Quarternote Chapbook Series.

Identifying with the season of autumn, the dark of it, the barren, irreversible future of it, and the beauty of it, which is not seen as redemptive, the voice of Louise Glück is starker, more direct, more emotionally charged than it has ever been. October is a masterpiece.

?Mark Strand

About the Author

Glück is the author of nine books of poetry, including The Triumph of Achilles (won the National Book Critics Circle Award), Ararat (won the Bobbitt National Poetry Prize), The Wild Iris (received the Pulitzer Prize), and Vita Nova (won the first annual New Yorker Magazine's Readers Award and the Ambassador's Award). Her honors include the William Carlos Williams Award, a Lannan Literary Award, the 2001 Bollingen Prize for Poetry, and, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction. She teaches at Williams College.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Sarabande Books (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932511008
• ISBN-13: 978-1932511000
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #966,720 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a statement of no less significance for its brevity, July 15, 2004

By	I X Key "burningfield" (tomorrow) - See all my reviews

Louise Gluck is dark poet with all the disillusionment of a visionary who does not ever barricade her mind to keep herself feeling safe. No one but Louise Gluck could ever have written this beautiful, crystal clear little book of masterful verse. Her use of language is unique & also accessible, & each of her syllables thuds into you like a punch in the gut & a pillow for you to fall deeply into.

8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Is October But It Is Not Cold Again, May 11, 2004

By	Selçuk Altun (Istanbul Turkey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Deep,captivating and provoking.A gigantic landscape painted with meticulously picked sage words.The poet laurate of the U.S.
should not be kept awaiting for Nobel until 2013 ...

2 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh Please..., September 13, 2005

By	WordWizard "WW" (USA) - See all my reviews

Gluck's new chapbook has all the character, texture, and smell of a cistern...you know, one of those vast labyrinthine sewer systems popular during the Roman Empire. So already we're talking about a paragon of bad writing. The flow of sewage could be fast, at the very least (as there are abundant opportunities for it in her structure), but she chooses to keep the spigot closed, so eventually the stench becomes oppressive to the point of unimaginability. Gluck needs a real job...one with less responsibility attached to it than a poet's.