About the Book: Marigold and Rose
Nobel-winning poet Louise Glücks only published piece of fiction, Marigold and
Rose, is a hypnotic novella about the eponymous twins first year in the world.
In deceptively simple, tender prose, Glück portrays the pre-linguistic inner
lives of Marigold, who is 'the thinking one, and Rose, who is 'everything else.
Even in infancy, Marigold longs for adulthood with its 'vast cargo of words. She
has already started writing a book in her mind; she needs 'something that stands
for herself as Rose stands for Rose. Rose, on the other hand, is sociable,
curious, and selfassured. She is the twin who