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A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.

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Publication: 4 Mar 2002, Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571144594
Extent: 336 pages

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Omeros by Derek Walcott Estate

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        Description

        A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.

        Paperback
        Publication: 4 Mar 2002, Faber & Faber
        ISBN: 9780571144594
        Extent: 336 pages

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