{"product_id":"walcott-derek-omerospb-o","title":"Walcott, Derek: Omeros","description":"\u003cp\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: July 7, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grand epic poem from the Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e, named for Homer--that other chronicler of conflict and homecoming--is the Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott's epic poem of the Atlantic. In scenes from St. Lucia, England, Massachusetts, and Lakota territory, Walcott offers history on a grand scale--replete with the horrors of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade--as well as the interior story of private suffering and individual exile. In musical and agile lines, as unpredictable and unceasing as the sea itself, Walcott forges an \u003ci\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/i\u003efor the Americas and an enduring story of Caribbean selfhood, a work that is alive to the present and enriched by the deep, seductive rhythms of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the great poems of our time.\" --John Lucas, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361790877719,"sku":"9780374622350","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71yU60_LCTL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785613178","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/walcott-derek-omerospb-o","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}