| Stranger Contributor(s): Sims, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934200239 ISBN-13: 9781934200230 Publisher: Fence Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 Annotation: A mother's illness and early death is only the beginning of the story of Stranger, Laura Sims' second collection. Th is is a death whose presence and particulars are felt and inscribed, and which achieves an agency, a purview, a resistance. We feel the loss from all angles, even as Sims'episodic, quicksilver narrative moves up and through a mother's life and its incompletion, her apprehension in the face of death, a surviving child's guilt and the adult child's att empts at comprehension of who/what the mother is, now that she's gone. In the end there is a hopeful hopelessness in approaching Eternity. Laura Sims' delicacy and agility are equal to her forbearance, and all are up to the remarkable task of recounting a life and aft erlife. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors - Literary Collections | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| LCCN: 2009924811 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 7.8" (0.30 lbs) 77 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A mother's illness and death is only the beginning of the story of STRANGER. This is a death whose presence and particulars are inscribed. We feel from all angles, as Sims's quicksilver narrative moves through a mother's life and its incompletion, apprehension of death, and the adult child's attempts at comprehension. In the end is a hopeful hopelessness approaching Eternity. |