| Bum Town Contributor(s): Fitzpatrick, Tony (Author), Hood, Stuart (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1882688252 ISBN-13: 9781882688258 Publisher: Tia Chucha OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2001 Annotation: Bum Town is a book-length poem that delves into growing up in white, working-class Chicago in the 1960s and the author's tempestuous relationship with his father. Tony Fitzpatrick goes on an allegorical search for his father's ghost, revisiting his stories, and figuring out how we become who we are. This is a lyrical story of the burial of a salesman, of the man's juvenile delinquent son, of driving aimlessly around the city when the son was excused from school. It's about how, when we lose our parents or those who came before us, we can honor their history, add to it, and, if we're smart, nurture it. The book features forty beautifully printed etchings by the author, a major American artist whose works have been shown throughout the country and the world. Tony Fitzpatrick's etchings, prints, paintings and drawings are collected in museums worldwide including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Museum of American Art in Washington D.C. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 7.02" W x 9.94" (0.33 lbs) 45 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bum Town is Tony Fitzpatrick's allegorical tale of a journey through Chicago with the ghost of his father--revisiting the places that have changed, remembering the uncle who died as a boy trying to hop a freight during the Great Depressions, praising and dispraising a city of dreams and despair. |