| Driving Through the Country Before You Are Born: Poems Contributor(s): McManus, Ray (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570037027 ISBN-13: 9781570037023 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Dark poems struggling to reconcile a haunting loss and troubled present |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2006038762 |
| Series: South Carolina Poetry Book Prize |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.78" W x 8.51" (0.31 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Selected by Kate Daniels as the winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Driving through the Country before You Are Born is the first collection of poetry from Ray McManus. The speaker in these poems searches for redemption and solace while navigating from a traumatic loss in the past to a present fraught with violence and self-destruction. The volume chronicles his attempt to glean some measure of forgiveness through acceptance of his own responsibly for his circumstances. The reader is called on to witness family stories without happy endings, landscapes on the verge of collapse, and prophetic visions of horrors yet to come. From these haunting visions, the only viable salvation is rooted in hope that, out of the ruins, there remains the possibility of a fresh beginning. |