by Derek Walcott (Author)
The Prodigal, Derek Walcott's new collection, is a dazzling odyssey for the twenty-first century. Beginning on America's East Coast, the poem journeys restlessly through the European continent, exploring the inheritance of the Old World upon Walcott's native St Lucia, and sees the poet wondering about his own sense of abandonment, whether to leave a place is to lose it. The Prodigal is a compelling steer between exile and belonging, Europe and the New World, wanderlust and the inevitable pull of home.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 02 Feb 2006
ISBN 10: 0571226523
ISBN 13: 9780571226528
Book Overview: The Prodigal, Derek Walcott's 2005 collection, is a compelling steer between exile and belonging, Europe and the New World, wanderlust and the inevitable pull of home.