The Rain in Portugal

Download or Read eBook The Rain in Portugal PDF written by Billy Collins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Rain in Portugal
Author :
Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 128
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780399588303
ISBN-13 : 0399588302
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Rain in Portugal by : Billy Collins

Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him “America’s favorite poet.” The Rain in Portugal—a title that admits he’s not much of a rhymer—sheds Collins’s ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsical—“the dogs of Minneapolis . . . / have no idea they’re in Minneapolis”—to the elegiac in a reaction to the death of Seamus Heaney. A student of the everyday, Collins here contemplates a weather vane, a still life painting, the calendar, and a child lost at a beach. His imaginative fabrications have Shakespeare flying comfortably in first class and Keith Richards supporting the globe on his head. By turns entertaining, engaging, and enlightening, The Rain in Portugal amounts to another chorus of poems from one of the most respected and familiar voices in the world of American poetry. Praise for The Rain in Portugal “Nothing in Billy Collins’s twelfth book . . . is exactly what readers might expect, and that’s the charm of this collection.”—The Washington Post “This new collection shows [Collins] at his finest. . . . Certain to please his large readership and a good place for readers new to Collins to begin.”—Library Journal “Disarmingly playful and wistfully candid.”—Booklist


The Rain in Portugal Related Books

The Rain in Portugal
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Billy Collins
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-04 - Publisher: Random House

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the
The Rain in Portugal
Language: en
Pages: 130
Authors: Billy Collins
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-17 - Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the
The Portugal Journal
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Mircea Eliade
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The diary of Mircea Eliade, the seminal thinker on religion, during the period he served as a diplomat in Portugal.
The Rough Guide to Portugal
Language: en
Pages: 787
Authors: John Fisher
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-01 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Rough Guide to Portugal is the essential travel guide with clear maps and coverage of the country's unique attractions. The Rough Guide to Portugal guides y
The Apple That Astonished Paris
Language: en
Pages: 81
Authors: Billy Collins
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-01 - Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recentl