num_pages: 72
description: Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In this, her thirteenth book of verse, the author of "The Dream of a Common Language" and "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" writes of war, oppression, the future, death, mystery, love and the magic of poetry.
language: English
title: An Atlas of the Difficult World
titlecomplete: An Atlas of the Difficult World
genres: Classics, LGBT, Feminism, Lesbian, Poetry Plays, Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, Queer, Womens
ratings_count: 1243
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Poetry, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company