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By Louise Glück

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

A dreamlike collection from the Nobel Prize-winning poet

A Village Life, Louise Glück's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village, a Mediterranean world of no definite moment or place:

All the roads in the village unite at the fountain.

Avenue of Liberty, Avenue of the Acacia Trees—

The fountain rises at the center of the plaza;

on sunny days, rainbows in the piss of the cherub.

—from "tributaries"

Around the fountain are concentric ...

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Awards Poetry American Poetry 21st Century American Poetry American poetry->Women authors->21st century American poetry->21st century New York Times Notable Fiction & Poetry of 2009 Los Angeles Times Favorite Fiction & Poetry of 2009 Books by Nobel Prize in Literature Laureates->2011-2020 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate 2020 Best Books of the Year Best Books of the Year 2009 New York Times Best Books of 2009 Los Angeles Times Favorite Books of 2009 Nobel Prizes Nobel Prize in Literature National Book Critics Circle Awards Previous Finalists - National Book Critics Circle Awards