The Courtesy

by Alan Shapiro

Book Overview

In this, his first book, Alan Shapiro vividly recreates some of the more memorable and poignant moments from his Jewish-American childhood, and in the process reveals his compassionate interest in the forgotten, the alienated, and the infirm. The Courtesy is an intelligent, reflective examination of the poet's own psychological history.

"The Courtesy is really an admirable book: it shows up the unreality of a lot of the other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226750272
• ISBN13: 9780226750279
• Release Date: October 1983
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"