The Road to Emmaus: Poems

by Spencer Reece

Book Overview

Longlisted for the National Book Award

A moving, subtle sequence of narrative poems, from a sharp new poetic voice

Two strangers walk toward Emmaus. Christ has just been crucified, and they are heartbroken--until a third man joins them on the road and comforts them. Once they reach Emmaus and break bread, the pair realizes they have been walking with Christ himself. But in the moment they recognize him, he disappears...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374280851
• ISBN13: 9780374280857
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"