The Last Happy Occasion
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The Last Happy Occasion is the coming-of-age story of an American Jew and aspiring writer in the sixties and seventies. In this memoir in six movements, Alan Shapiro recalls how poetry helped him make sense of his own and other people's lives. Events unfold, including his sister's death, that make him reconsider the transformative power of art and accept the limitations of poetry in confronting the untransformable pain of mortal loss. A...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226750361
ISBN13:9780226750361
Release Date:October 1997
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 7.5"
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