Product Description

Crow was Ted Hughes's fourth book of poems for adults and a pivotal moment in his writing career. In it, he found both a structure and a persona that gave his vision a new power and coherence. A. Alvarez wrote in the Observer, 'Each fresh encounter with despair becomes the occasion for a separate, almost funny, story in which natural forces and creatures, mythic figures, even parts of the body, act out their special roles, each endowed with its own irrepressible life. With Crow, Hughes joins the select band of survivor-poets whose work is adequate to the destructive reality we inhabit'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #132852 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 94 pages

Customer Reviews

dark delight
This is definitely the best collection of poetry I have read for a long time!! It tells the story of the creation of the world. The scary and funny at the same time anti-hero Crow is not really the devil but simply always the opposite. Deeply philosophic, with a sense of humor and in beautiful, beautiful words.

This is great poetry, no doubt about that.
It is amazing how poetry can be so nihilistic and so beautiful at the same time. I think that - together with "Lupercal" - this is Hughes's masterpiece. "Crow" goes for the bone marrow of the reader's perception of aesthetics and violence. This won't cheer you up when you're down, but it is guaranteed to leave a permanent impression.

dark delight
This is definitely the best collection of poetry I have read for a long time!! It tells the story of the creation of the world. The scary and funny at the same time anti-hero Crow is not really the devil but simply always the opposite. Deeply philosophic, with a sense of humor and in beautiful, beautiful words.