The Road to Emmaus - 9780374280857
Un libro in lingua di Spencer Reece edito da Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2014
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A moving, subtle sequence of narrative poems, from a sharp new poetic voice
Reece’s central figure in The Road to Emmaus is a middle-aged man who becomes a priest in the Episcopal Church; these poems follow him to New York City, to Honduras, to a hospital where he works as a chaplain, to a prison, to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. With language of simple, lyrical beauty that gradually accrues weight and momentum, Reece spins compelling dramas out of small moments: the speaker, living among a group of orphans, wondering "Was it true, what they said, that a priest is a house lit up?"; two men finding each other at a Coming Out Group; a man trying to become visible after a life that had depended on not being seen.
A yearning for connection, an ache of loneliness, and the instant of love disappearing before our eyes haunt this long-awaited second collection from Spencer Reece.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Road to Emmaus
- Sottotitolo: Poems
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Spencer Reece
- Editore: Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Collana: Farrar Straus & Giroux (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Aprile '14
- Genere: POETRY
- Pagine: 127
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 0
- EAN-13: 9780374280857