| Natal Command Contributor(s): Sacks, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226733432 ISBN-13: 9780226733432 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: Harvard's Peter Sacks draws upon his life as an expatriate as well as upon his early years in South Africa, including his time spent in the military, to create a remarkably powerful book of poetry. At turns meditative and narrative, Sacks is unafraid to lay bare in vivid imagery his sense of both personal and historical losses, and his commitment to the works of mourning and of cultural repair. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 97005870 |
| Series: Phoenix Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.14" W x 8.6" (0.33 lbs) 87 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this collection of poems, Peter Sacks draws upon his life as an expatriate and upon his early years in South Africa, including his time spent with the military. He lays bare his sense of both personal and historical losses, and his commitment to the works of mourning and cultural repair. |