The Arms of the Infinite: George Barker and Elizabeth Smart

by Christopher Barker

The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker's parents, writer Elizabeth Smart ( By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept ) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly reveals their obsessive, passionate, and volatile love affair. He writes evocatively of his unconventional upbringing with his siblings in a shack in Ireland and, later, a rambling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554582709
• ISBN13: 9781554582709
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"