The Fortunate Traveller

The Fortunate Traveller
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 94
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ISBN-10 : 9781466880344
ISBN-13 : 1466880341
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Book Synopsis The Fortunate Traveller by : Derek Walcott

Download or read book The Fortunate Traveller written by Derek Walcott and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derek Walcott was one of the most accomplished and resourceful poets who wrote in English, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. The volume of his work in The Fortunate Traveller, which contains such poems as "Olde New England" and "Piano Practice," cements his reputation as a poet who "handles English with a closer understanding of its inner magic than most, if not any, of his contemporaries" - Robert Graves


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