Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140422016.

Self Portrait in a Convex Mirrorwas the first of John Ashberys books to be published in Britain by Carcanet, and this is its third printing. Since it originally appeared here in 1977, three further collections have followed: As We Know, Shadow Train and A Wave. Self Portrait in a Convex Mirrorwas awarded the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The long title poem, a meditation on Parmigianinos famous self-portrait, has become Ashberys best-known poem. It is accompanied here by a number of shorter pieces - playful, witty, elusive.