Confronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Jay Hopler (1970–2022)—author of the National Book Award–finalist The Abridged History of Rainfall—got to work. The result of that labor is Still Life, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. In an attempt to find meaning in a life ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. This work is no elegy; it’s a testament to courage, love, compassion, and the fierceness of the human heart. It’s a violently funny but playfully serious fulfillment of what Arseny Tarkovsky called the fundamental purpose of art: a way to prepare for death, be it far in the future or very near at hand.
Confronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Jay Hopler (1970–2022)—author of the National Book Award–finalist The Abridged History of Rainfall—got to work. The result of that labor is Still Life, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. In an attempt to find meaning in a life ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. This work is no elegy; it’s a testament to courage, love, compassion, and the fierceness of the human heart. It’s a violently funny but playfully serious fulfillment of what Arseny Tarkovsky called the fundamental purpose of art: a way to prepare for death, be it far in the future or very near at hand.
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Still Life
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781952119927 |
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Publisher: | McSweeney's Publishing |
Publication date: | 03/05/2024 |
Sales rank: | 429,162 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.30(d) |