the unswept room
signed first edition, 2002.
association copy signed to fellow writer calvin trillin:
inscription: "for calvin trillin from your fan sharon olds / october 2002 new york city".
collection of poems from pulitzer prize and guggenheim fellowship winning writer. sharon olds (b. 1942) is known for her images of the body and her thorough examinations of the family. "the unswept room" in particular meditates on history and marital love. it follows olds's conventon of ordering her poems chronologicaly, beginning with early life and moving through marriage into her present day.
new york: alfred a. knopf. isbn: 0-375-41489-4. 123 pages. 6.25x8.75". hardcover. bound in partial-cloth covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: imperceptible closed-tear to head of front-panel, clipped. near fine. Item #1095
Price: $250.00
