Robert Pinsky is the author of many books of poetry, including Gulf Music and The Figured Wheel, and of the award-winning translation The Inferno of Dante. His prose works include The Situation of Poetry and The Sounds of Poetry. He teaches at Boston University and lives in Massachusetts.
"Episode by episode, Pinsky braids narrative together with literary
interpretation and psychological conjecture, drawing out patterns
of correspondence, filling gaps in the record with acutely engaged
speculation. Bypassing the accretions of thirty centuries of piety
and veneration, peering behind the Bible's spare record of action
and speech, Pinsky seeks to discern the feelings and intentions of
the living person from whom the myth of David sprang."
--William Deresiewicz, The New York Times Book Review
"A tour de force of literary imagination, strengthened with the
author's wisdom and compassion. A truly amazing book."
--Ha Jin, author of Waiting
"A note-perfect performance, with all the generosity,
understatement, and burnished eloquence familiar to readers of
Pinsky's poems, translations, and essays. Only a true poet would be
fit to tackle a subject of such centrality and deep fascination.
Pinsky guides us through David's art and life in a luminous,
moving, and compulsively readable narrative,"
--Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America
"Pinsky's unique blend of imagination, intellect, and narrative
cunning has enabled him to conjure an unforgettable portrait. He
has at once unraveled and created a figure of mythic power. A
brilliant achievement."
--Stephen Greenblatt, author of Will in the World: How Shakespeare
Became Shakespeare
Former poet laureate Pinsky limns the biblical warrior king who gave us the Psalms. With an eight-city tour. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"Episode by episode, Pinsky braids narrative together with literary
interpretation and psychological conjecture, drawing out patterns
of correspondence, filling gaps in the record with acutely engaged
speculation. Bypassing the accretions of thirty centuries of piety
and veneration, peering behind the Bible's spare record of action
and speech, Pinsky seeks to discern the feelings and intentions of
the living person from whom the myth of David sprang."
--William Deresiewicz, The New York Times Book Review
"A tour de force of literary imagination, strengthened with
the author's wisdom and compassion. A truly amazing book."
--Ha Jin, author of Waiting
"A note-perfect performance, with all the generosity,
understatement, and burnished eloquence familiar to readers of
Pinsky's poems, translations, and essays. Only a true poet would be
fit to tackle a subject of such centrality and deep fascination.
Pinsky guides us through David's art and life in a luminous,
moving, and compulsively readable narrative,"
--Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America
"Pinsky's unique blend of imagination, intellect, and
narrative cunning has enabled him to conjure an unforgettable
portrait. He has at once unraveled and created a figure of mythic
power. A brilliant achievement."
--Stephen Greenblatt, author of Will in the World: How
Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
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