Forms of Prayer at the Hotel Edison: Poems by Kevin Bowen

By Kevin Bowen

These are poems of leave taking and of return, poems that record the experience of rural and urban isolation, of dislocation and violence, the histories of war and reconciliation in our century. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880684551
• ISBN13: 9781880684559
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Curbstone Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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"[Bowen's] poems about Vietnam convey the experience of war, but they also portray the country, its myths, its colors, its tragic history, and its graceful, resilient people." --The Boston Irish Reporter"...marked by beautiful imagery...full of strong images and touching scenes." --Socialist Worker"The sense of loss, of both life and place, experienced by both sides in the Vietnam war is evoked." --Irish Emigrant