Fathers: A Literary Anthology
by Andre Gerard
2021-01-04 01:58:47
Fathers: A Literary Anthology
by Andre Gerard
2021-01-04 01:58:47
An evocative book of essays and poems from literary legends about their fathers... Newly released by Patremoir Press, Fathers: A Literary Anthology is a book "to set the darkness echoing." It is a transformational book which richly proves the wisdom ...
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An evocative book of essays and poems from literary legends about their fathers... Newly released by Patremoir Press, Fathers: A Literary Anthology is a book "to set the darkness echoing." It is a transformational book which richly proves the wisdom of Doris Lessing's insight that "We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed; they are always there for love or for hate." Proves it for fathers, at least. With father pieces by writers such as Angela Carter, Winston Churchill, Franz Kafka, Alice Munro, Philip Roth and Virginia Woolf, Fathers is an impassioned argument for the importance of literature in our lives. It is proof of Annie Dillard's insight that "The mind fits the world and shapes it as a river fits and shapes its own banks." On an individual level, Fathers is a manual for all children trying to understand and improve their relationship
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