Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Improbable Swervings Of AtomsISBN13:9780822958895ISBN10:0822958899Author:Bursk, Christopher (Author)Description:Winner Of The 2004 Donald Hall Prize In Poetrythe Improbable Swervings Of Atoms Follows The Comedic, Often Painful, Physical And Emotional Travails Of A Young Boy Growing Up In 1950S America He Watches The Mccarthy Hearings, Conquers The Congo, Assassinates The President, Has His Head Stuffed Into A Toilet, Drops His Uniform On The Fifty-Yard Line, And Tries To Make Sense Of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura The Poems Engage History In A Very Intimate Way, Revealing How A Boy, As He Matures, Attempts To Understand The World Around Him, His Own Physical Development, The People In His Life, And What It Means To Live In A Country And Time Where It Is Impossible To Disengage Oneself From World Events--Where, In Fact, The Quest For Identity Is An Act That Requires One To Rewrite History In Personal Terms Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PRPublication Date:2005-08-20Weight:0.39 lbsDimensions:0.32'' H x 9.08'' L x 6.08'' WNumber of Pages:104Language:English
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Item Weight: 0.39 lbs
Book Title: Improbable Swervings of Atoms
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Christopher Bursk
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, American / General
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Poetry
Number of Pages: 104 Pages
