The devout Ebersols have faced sometimes-painful divisions and separations--if not geographical, those of the heart. Leah, possibly most of all, has borne losses and revelations that would have undone another...
Poetic journey through multiple landscapes ranging from New York, Europe, and the West Indies uses the concept of exile to explore themes about the past and identity.
he announced . Levi glanced at his father . " Going to find who ? " " Ishmael . I should have done it weeks ago . ... His anger at Ishmael's desertion of them years earlier now drove him to stop any attempt at finding his brother .
In this book of poems, Derek Walcott has created a sweeping yet intimate epic of an exhausted Europe studded with church spires and mountains, train stations and statuary, where the New World is an idea, a "wavering map," and where History ...
... Church several months ago. He is studying foreign languages,” Abby said, enthusiastically. “He's planning to become a teacher. Oh, and he's also engaged to be married to one of my closest friends ... hugs to each of them. 107 The Prodigal.
But just as Jack is hitting bottom, hopeless and penniless, drinking his way to oblivion, who should appear but his long-estranged father, imploring his prodigal son: “Come home.” A true companion piece to The Ragamuffin Gospel, The ...