what is the name of the book that christian bale was reading at the begining in the movie "the equilibrium"?

Question

what is the name of the book that christian bale was reading at the begining in the movie "the equilibrium"?

Answer 1

This is an interesting one.

In the church scene, Partridge is really thumbing through and reading Sylvia Plath's poetry--not Yeats.' We always see him holding the book, "The Poetry of William Butler Yeats," but if you pause the film where it does a close up on the pages, he is reading two long poems by Sylvia Plath: "The Detective" and "The Bee Meeting."

See: http://equilibrium.proboards17.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1089625690

Note also, that it is not Christian Bale (John Preston), but Sean Bean (Errol Partridge), who is reading the book.

Answer 2

However, Christian Bale goes back and thumbs through that book afterwards. I think that is the only time we really see him holding a book throughout the movie.