The Book of Fables

by W.S. Merwin

"Metaphors, puns, surrealist visions, converted into sharp, disturbing little narratives . . . only a poet, and a good one, could have written it." --The Atlantic Monthly W.S. Merwin's acclaimed short prose--many of which first appeared in The New Yorker --blur the distinction between fiction, poetry, essay, and memoir. Reminiscent of Kafka, Borges, and Beckett, they evoke mythical patterns and unlikely adventures and raise questions about art, reality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556592566
• ISBN13: 9781556592560
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"