The Beauty
Authors: Jane Hirshfield
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2015 by Jane Hirshfield
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House companies.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hirshfield, Jane, 1953–
[Poems. Selections]
The beauty : poems / Jane Hirshfield.
pages cm
“This is a Borzoi Book”—Title page verso.
Summary: “A collection of original poems by Jane Hirshfield exploring the profundities and quirks of existence”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-385-35107-2 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-385-35108-9 (ebook)
I. Title.
PS3558.I694A6 2015
811′.54—dc23
2014025831
Front-of-jacket image:
Still Life with Peaches
by Adrian Coorte. Private Collection /
Johnny Van Haeften Ltd., London / Bridgeman Images
Author photograph by Michael Lionstar
Jacket design by Stephanie Ross
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