Description
Crush is a poetry collection by Richard Siken originally published in 2005. It quickly received significant acclaim, partly due to winning the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, to which it was nominated by Nobel Prize-winning author Louise Glück. The book Crush is characterized by strong emotions, captivating imagery, and an exploration of themes related to interpersonal relationships, love, violence, identity, and the loss of a loved one. The collection is divided into several parts, each contributing individually and collectively to a cohesive narrative. The ambiguous nature of love and desire takes center stage, which can provide meaning in the midst of chaos but can also destroy a person. In Siken's poems, the boundaries between beauty and brutality or desire and destructiveness often blur. Readers are confronted with the dark dimensions of the human soul and relationships. The book quickly became a globally recognized cult classic not only in the realm of queer poetry but in contemporary poetry as a whole.
Information
Author: Siken Richard
Publication date: January 22, 2025
Manufacturer: DOBROVSKÝ s.r.o.
Genres: Books, Poetry and verse, Fiction
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 88
ISBN/EAN: 9788027740994