Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations

David Ferry's Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations provides a wonderful gathering of the work of one of the great American poetic voices of the twentieth century. It brings together his new poems and translations, collected here for the first time; his books Strangers and Dwelling Places in their entirety; selections from his first book, On the Way to the Island; and selections from his celebrated translations of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh, the Odes of Horace, and of Virgil's Eclogues. This is Ferry's fullest and most resonant book, demonstrating the depth and breadth of forty years of a life in poetry.

"Though Ferry is perhaps best known for his eloquent translations of Horace and Virgil, "Of No Country I Know" demonstrates that he deserves acclaim for his own poetry as well."--Carmela Ciuraru, New York Times Book Review


Author: David Ferry
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 11/15/1999
Series: Phoenix Poets
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.49h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780226244877


Award: New Yorker Book - Nominee
Award: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize - Winner
Award: Boston Book Review - Winner