A significant, career-spanning collection from the incomparable Nobel laureate

For fifty years, Louise Glück has been a significant force in modern poetry, characterized by her restless intelligence, wit, and the intimacy of her poetic voice, as well as the development of a unique form: the book-length poem sequence. This volume brings together the twelve collections Glück has published to date, offering readers the opportunity to immerse themselves in the artistry and vision of one of the greatest living poets in the world.

From the allegories of The Wild Iris to the myth-making of Averno, the dreamlike landscapes of The House on Marshland to the exploration in Faithful and Virtuous Night – each of Glück's collections examines the events of an ordinary life and finds space for the transcendent within them. Each uses its archetypes to penetrate the illusions of the self. In her work, elements are revisited time and again, yet endlessly transformed – Persephone, a beech tree, a mother, a father and a sister, a garden, a husband and a son, a horse, a dog, a burning field, a mountain. Together, they create the effect of a changing landscape viewed from above, both familiar and profoundly indescribable.