"May Sarton conducts us on a small, sophisticated, elegantly sentimental journey through a New Hampshire village summer. Our companions are an aging poet, who is sad because he can no longer write . . . and a young, mischievous female donkey who . . . has a touch of arthritis. . . . There is a moral, of course . . . and . . . the story include(s) two cats and as many human beings as are necessary".--THE NEW YORKER.
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"May Sarton conducts us on a small, sophisticated, elegantly sentimental journey through a New Hampshire village summer. Our companions are an aging poet, who is sad because he can no longer write . . . and a young, mischievous female donkey who . . . has a touch of arthritis. . . . There is a moral, of course . . . and . . . the story include(s) two cats and as many human beings as are necessary".--THE NEW YORKER.
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Martin, Stefan. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Stated first edition. Very good copy in a price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. "The Poet and the Donkey is a tale told in May Sarton's humorous and lyrical style. Once again she treats a serious theme with a delicate touch. This time her central figures are an aging poet, Andy Lightfoot, and a donkey, Whiffenpoof, whom Andy borrows for the summer. Andy is in the doldrums because he has lost his muse. Whiffenpoof, too, has a problem-her arthritic ankles keep her from running free. As the tale unfolds we watch these two innocents coming to know each other, until at the end they indulge in some wild capers in which the whole village joins.".
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Good. 16mo 6"-7" tall; 126 pages; Mass market paperback lightly rubbed at edges, spine ends and corner tips. Front cover hinge creased. Previous owner name. Book solid and tight. Text block clean and pages tight with yellowing noted. Stefan Marin illustrates. Bagged for protection.