The Afterlife of Objects
Both intensely personal and deeply rooted in recognizable events of personal, familial, or national significance, The Afterlife of Objects is a kind of dreamed autobiography. With poise and skill, Dan Chiasson divulges the enigmas of the mind of not just one individual but of an entire social world through a beautifully constructed poetic voice that issues from a kind of mythic childhood of our collective, tortured humanity. This sophisticated debut collection offers deceptively simple poems that evoke highly complex states of mind with a voice that has long been listening to the discordant music of contemporary life.
81 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2002 by University of Chicago Press · ISBN 9780226103778
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- The Afterlife of Objects · University of Chicago Press · 2002 · ISBN 9780226103785
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