A Time When Not Very Much Happened

By Tetra Balestri

Near the end of Larry Fagin's life, Tetra Balestri accompanied the poet on one last trip to Paris and his childhood home in Salzburg.

When poet Larry Fagin was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he resolved to take one last tour of Europe to visit his childhood home. To accompany him, he called upon an old assistant to ensure he was "not going to fall down or anything." This travel journal chronicles the journey of a brazen figure of the New York School of poets and his bohemian caretaker as they make their way through Paris and Salzburg.

"You don't need to have met the engaging, endearing, exasperating Larry Fagin to savor this warm and lucid portrait of a complex friendship. Just as you don't need to know Paris to enjoy this walking tour of a city viewed simultaneously through fresh, curious eyes and through nostalgic ones searching for lost landscapes of the heart."--Mark Polizzotti

"Sometimes even our dearest friends are our friends despite--as well as because of--who they are (but we love them just the same). A TIME WHEN NOT VERY MUCH HAPPENED is full and human testament to the scrupulousness such a friendship requires."--Miles Champion

Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Travel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C9SK4SLF
• ISBN13: 9798986157016
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Smoke Specs
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.