The Man with Night Sweats: Poems
Thom Gunn
(Author)
Description
The Man with Night Sweats is a haunting depiction of a world ravaged by illness that is part elegy for those who have been lost and part evocation of the changes that await those who survive. It is also one of the few works of literature that have fully met both the aesthetic and the moral challenges that the AIDS epidemic poses. The nobility and sobriety of Thom Gunn's forms enhance and underscore the gravity and pathos of his subjects. The results have the cathartic and healing power of great art.
Product Details
Price
$16.00
$14.88
Publisher
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Publish Date
April 17, 2007
Pages
112
Dimensions
5.72 X 8.26 X 0.33 inches | 0.32 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780374530686
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About the Author
Thom Gunn (1929-2004) was born in England but lived in San Francisco for most of his life. He was the author of two volumes of essays in addition to his volumes of poetry.
Reviews
"Perhaps his most wary, moving, personal book to date. It is a forceful reminder that Gunn . . . is one of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-century . . . He writes of and from the modern climate, as if wholly at home here; these new poems have a claim to be some of the most authentic occasional poems of our time. - Hugh Haughton, The Times Literary Supplement
