{"product_id":"the-waste-land-ebook","title":"The Waste Land","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“These fragments I have shored against my ruins.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA landmark of twentieth-century poetry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by T.S. Eliot is a fragmented, allusive journey through the spiritual and emotional wasteland of post-World War I society. With its stark imagery, jarring juxtapositions, and stream-of-consciousness style, the poem explores themes of disillusionment, alienation, and the search for meaning in a fragmented world. Eliot masterfully weaves together myth, history, and personal experience, creating a work that is both profoundly personal and universally resonant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe poem moves through five sections: “The Burial of the Dead,” “A Game of Chess,” “The Fire Sermon,” “Death by Water,” and “What the Thunder Said.” Voices shift without warning—from a fortune-teller to a society lady to a typist to the prophet Tiresias. Languages mix: English, German, Italian, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit. Eliot’s notes, added to the published poem, cite dozens of sources: Ovid, Dante, Shakespeare, Wagner, Buddha, and Jessie Weston’s study of the Grail legend. The poem ends with the Sanskrit invocation “Shantih shantih shantih”—the peace that passeth understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Eliot at his most revolutionary and demanding: a poem that refuses to explain itself, that asks the reader to do the work of assembling meaning from fragments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e changed the course of English poetry and remains the defining poem of the modernist movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1922 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Criterion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (London) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Dial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (New York)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidely considered one of the most important poems of the twentieth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAwarded the Dial Prize in 1922 and cited by the Nobel Committee in 1948 as central to Eliot’s achievement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that April is the cruelest month, and that fragments can still hold meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT.S. Eliot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1888–1965) was a groundbreaking poet, playwright, and literary critic. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he moved to England in 1914 and became a central figure in modernist literature. His other notable works include “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915), “The Hollow Men” (1925), “Ash Wednesday” (1930), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1943), and the plays \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMurder in the Cathedral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1935) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cocktail Party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1949). He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in London in 1965 and is buried in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54527979880820,"sku":"9612921001328","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54527979913588,"sku":"9612921001329","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54527979946356,"sku":"9612921001330","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54527979979124,"sku":"9612921001331","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-the-waste-land-53566672044404.jpg?v=1779965709","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/the-waste-land-ebook","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}