The Last Happy Occasion

by Alan Shapiro

Book Overview

The Last Happy Occasion is the coming-of-age story of an American Jew and aspiring writer in the sixties and seventies. In this memoir in six movements, Alan Shapiro recalls how poetry helped him make sense of his own and other people's lives. Events unfold, including his sister's death, that make him reconsider the transformative power of art and accept the limitations of poetry in confronting the untransformable pain of mortal loss.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226750361
• ISBN13: 9780226750361
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 7.5"