num_pages: 112
description: "An exquisite accomplishment. These serene and painterly meditations quietly blossom into luminous and sensual lyric reckonings." — David St. John "A radiant and passionate collection." —  New York Times Book Review Grounded in a series of mediations upon the life of the feeling heart in the world, Jane Hirshfield's long-awaited third collection of poetry explores the ways that radiance dwells most truly in the ordinary, the difficult, and the plain.
language: English
title: The October Palace
titlecomplete: The October Palace
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 190
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: California Book Award
category: Poetry (Silver), awardedAt: 757411200000
name: San Francisco Poetry Center Book Award
publisher: Harper Perennial