The Prodigal A Poem Author:Derek Walcott, Derek Walcott The Prodigal is a journey through physical and mental landscapes, from Greenwich Village to the Alps, Pescara to Milan, Germany to Cartagena. But always in "the music of memory, water," abides St. Lucia, the author's birthplace, and the living sea. In his new work, Derek Walcott has created a sweeping yet intimate epic of an exhausted Eur... more »ope studded with church spires and mountains, train stations and statuary, where the New World is an idea, a "wavering map," and where History subsumes the natural history of his "unimportantly beautiful" island home. Here, the wanderer fears that he has been tainted by his exile, that his life has become untranslatable, and that his craft itself is rooted in betrayal of the vivid archipelago to which, like Antaeus, he must return for the very sustenance of life.« less
The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members!
Retail Price:$12.00 Buy New (Paperback): $10.69 (save 10%) or Become a PBS member and pay $6.79+1 PBS book credit (save 43%)