Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems - Dana Gioia - Libros - Graywolf Press - 9781644452158 - 7 de febrero de 2023
En caso de que portada y título no coincidan, el título será el correcto

Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems

Dana Gioia

Precio
€ 16,99

Pedido desde almacén remoto

Entrega prevista 11 - 18 de nov.
Añadir a tu lista de deseos de iMusic

Meet Me at the Lighthouse: Poems

Dana Gioia has been hailed for decades as a master of traditional lyric forms, whose expansive and accessible poems are offerings of rare poignancy and insight. In Meet Me at the Lighthouse, he invites us back to old Los Angeles, where the shabby nightclub of the title beckons us into its noirish immortality. Elsewhere, he laments the once-vibrant neighborhood where he grew up, now bulldozed, and recalls his working-class family of immigrants. Gioia describes a haunting from his mother on his birthday, Christmas Eve. Another poem remembers his uncle, a US Merchant Marine. And “The Ballad of Jesús Ortiz” tells the story of his great-grandfather, a Mexican vaquero who was shot dead at a tavern in Wyoming during a dispute over a bar tab. “I praise my ancestors, the unkillable poor,” Gioia writes. This book is dedicated to their memory.

Including poems, song lyrics, translations, and concluding with an unsettling train ride to the underworld, Meet Me at the Lighthouse is a luminous exploration of nostalgia, mortality, and what makes a life worth living and remembering.
show more


72 pages

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 7 de febrero de 2023
ISBN13 9781644452158
Editores Graywolf Press
Páginas 72
Dimensiones 228 × 139 × 10 mm   ·   112 g
Lengua English  

Mostrar todo

Mas por Dana Gioia