The Wild Iris.
First Edition of Louise's Gluck's Classic Collection of Poetry The Wild Iris; Inscribed by Her
The Wild Iris.
GLUCK, Louise.
Item Number: 138217
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1992.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry which won the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Jacket photograph by Anna Atkins.
This collection of stunningly beautiful poems encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms, and is bound together by the universal themes of time and mortality. With clarity and sureness of craft, Gluck's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.
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