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Polsky, Daniel

 
9781503521674: Thoughts of Being

Synopsis

Daniel Polsky, shines his introspective light as well as his empathy and belief in the power of the human spirit through the character portraits, odes to loved ones, and thoughts about life and suffering (like that of the Holocaust and 9-11) He exposes the irony and humor of life, but also its loneliness and emptiness. The brutally honest essays in the second half of the book display the author's penetrating insight regarding love and the human condition. They are the result of, to borrow a phase from the author, "the maturing of the wine of life"

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Biographie de l'auteur

Daniel Polsky (1935-2008) was born in New York City, attended CCNY, and received his medical degree from the University of Lieden. He then earned a Bronze Star as a medical officer in Viet Nam. While working as a Family Practice doctor in Brooklyn, New York, he wrote much of his poetry and essays. Aware of the coming of the end of his life from prostate cancer, he asked Don Wilkerson, a psychiatrist friend since his army service to review his poems for publication. We hope that you will find this representative selection of Daniel Polsky's poems, as we his family and friends have, enjoyable, provocative and memorable.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Daniel Polsky, shines his introspective light as well as his empathy and belief in the power of the human spirit through the character portraits, odes to loved ones, and thoughts about life and suffering (like that of the Holocaust and 9-11) He exposes the irony and humor of life, but also its loneliness and emptiness. The brutally honest essays in the second half of the book display the author's penetrating insight regarding love and the human condition. They are the result of, to borrow a phase from the author, "the maturing of the wine of life"

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