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This is a chronicle of the last four years in the life of the author's sister, Beth. Shapiro reveals fragments of the family's personal history, bringing to life a troubled and poignant past. A visit from their brother David triggers the memory of a searing betrayal; a visit from their parents recalls bitter quarrels over Beth's radical politics; a visit from Beth's black husband brings the painful memory of their wedding and her parents' refusal to attend. These recollections evoke the unresolved, deeply disturbing issues which kept the Shapiro family estranged, making the reconciliation that Beth's death brings all the more extraordinary. Shapiro gives an account of their responses - horror, relief, impatience, exhaustion, exhilaration, projection, fear, self-criticism and a sense of self-fulfillment - in the presence of the dying. Concluding with a selection of poems, the author affirms the link between creativity and healing; human connection has the power to redeem even the most painful of human experiences.
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hardcover. Etat : NEAR FINE. First Edition; First Printing. NF/NF. Author Signed. First Edition; First Printing. 1997. University of Chicago Press. Unmarked. Hardcover. NF two-tone cloth, mustard-yellow spine over orange-tan boards with gilt spine lettering. Signed twice on title page w/ short inscription "to Scott with all best wishes". Solid & square. NF Dust Jacket. No rips, tears or stains. Unclipped. 136 pp. 5.5x8.25. Cover image may differ from stock market images (please refer to attached photos). Elegiac memoir by Alan Shapiro chronicling the final weeks of his sister Beth's life in a Houston hospice, a companion piece to his National Book Critics Circle Award finalist The Last Happy Occasion. Inscription dated March 1999, placing it during Shapiro's active teaching tenure at UNC Chapel Hill and within the book's primary promotional period. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Vigil is an elegiac memoir by award-winning American poet Alan Shapiro, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1997. The work chronicles the final four weeks of his sister Beth's life in a Houston hospice as she succumbed to breast cancer in 1995, exploring the raw limits of poetry and language when confronting the terminal illness of a loved one. Written as a companion piece to his 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist The Last Happy Occasion, the narrative weaves together a complex family history Beth was a radical student activist who helped co-found Students for a Democratic Society at Michigan State University, and had been temporarily disowned by her family for marrying her African-American husband before a reconciliation that gathered relatives at her bedside. This true first printing is bound in the publisher's original two-tone cloth, with a mustard-yellow spine over orange-tan boards and bright gilt spine lettering. The dust jacket features the cover illustration by Gerard Dubois and jacket design by Julia Robling Griest, and remains unclipped at the original $18.95 retail price. This copy is signed twice by Alan Shapiro on the title page and carries a handwritten inscription dated March 20, 1999, placing the signature during Shapiro's active teaching tenure at UNC Chapel Hill and within the book's primary promotional period. N° de réf. du vendeur C0NFnf-d060726M1
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Vigil / Alan Shapiro
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1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: ix, 136 pages; 21 cm. Subjects: Shapiro, Alan 1952- Biography. Terminally ill United States Biography.Interracial marriage. Poets, American 20th century Biography. Jews United States Biography. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 349105
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