A Circular Journey

by Helen Barolini

Book Overview

A Circular Journey collects for the first time in one book the essays that most powerfully define the unique gifts of one of America's most distinctive voices.

These fifteen pieces, tracking some thirty years of a writer's life, come together to illuminate the stages and themes and places that mark Helen Barolini's art. Divided into three closely linked sections--"Home," "Abroad," "Return,"--the essays move through Barolini's worlds. Her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823226158
• ISBN13: 9780823226153
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A distinctive journey through the phases and transformations of life reflected in literary art

A Circular Journey by novelist, critic, and poet Helen Barolini is a collection of fifteen essays drawn from her life memories, and her acclimation to the best of two worlds - the distinct cultures of America and Italy. From early childhood to her marriage to a poet to her experiences as a writer which connected her to Italian inspirations through themes of identity and dislocation, A Circular Journey traces each step with wisdom, heart, acknowledgment, gratitude, and optimism. A distinctive journey through the phases and transformations of life reflected in literary art.