The Book of Gods and Devils

Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as “one of the truly imaginative writers of our time” by the Los Angeles Times.

In these poems, the ordinary world is tilted just enough to reveal the surreal lurking beneath the surface—

• Surrealist Poetry: Experience a New York City where saints and devils share the subway, a spider’s web holds cosmic meaning, and a man without sho...