From a winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award, a new collection that explores the vagaries of love and the place of beauty in a time of war. In October 2002, at the age of fifty, Alan Shapiro collapsed while playing basketball. A few months later, on the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, he remarried. The beginning of this happy chapter of his life coincided with a keen reminder of his own mortality and the menacing nature of the times we live in. The poems in Old War, Shapiro's ninth and most innovative collection, were ...
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From a winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award, a new collection that explores the vagaries of love and the place of beauty in a time of war. In October 2002, at the age of fifty, Alan Shapiro collapsed while playing basketball. A few months later, on the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, he remarried. The beginning of this happy chapter of his life coincided with a keen reminder of his own mortality and the menacing nature of the times we live in. The poems in Old War, Shapiro's ninth and most innovative collection, were written under the double aspect of love and fear, of hope that comes with any fresh start and the sense that history will eventually undo or destroy whatever we struggle to make. Through an impressive variety of forms and styles, from first-person lyrics to dramatic monologues spoken by characters ranging from a country and western singer to a Jewish comic doing standup in heaven, they cast brilliant light on the nature of art, love, and family in a world defined by brutality, deception, and instability.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. BT2-An advance reading copy trade paperback book in fine condition. From a winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award, a new collection that explores the vagaries of love and the place of beatuty in a time of war. 9"x6", 88 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, 2008. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author directly on title page. A Very Good, black binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding firm, interior and extremities tidy, trace handling marks/shelf wear, bumped top board corners, very mild scattered foxing pastedowns/endpapers, bit of scattered foxing to text block edges, small indent mid front board, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, some edge/corner wear, small creases top panel corners, Dust Wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 89pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
