Nick Flynn
Paperback | Pages: 85 pages Rating: 4.16 | 1701 Users | 88 Reviews
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| Title | : | Some Ether |
| Author | : | Nick Flynn |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 85 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2000 by Graywolf Press |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Contemporary. Fiction. Literature. American |
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Winner of a "Discovery"/The Nation Award Winner of the 1999 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry Some Ether is one of the more remarkable debut collections of poetry to appear in America in recent memory. As Mark Doty has noted, "these poems are more than testimony; in lyrics of ringing clarity and strange precision, Flynn conjures a will to survive, the buoyant motion toward love which is sometimes all that saves us. Some Ether resonates in the imagination long after the final poem; this is a startling, moving debut."Specify Books As Some Ether
| Original Title: | Some Ether: Poems |
| ISBN: | 1555973035 (ISBN13: 9781555973032) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry (1999) |
Rating Regarding Books Some Ether
Ratings: 4.16 From 1701 Users | 88 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books Some Ether
Nick Flynns book really moved me. Growing up in a seriously dysfunction home with a depressive mother, I was able to relate to the subject matter of this collections of poems. Flynn is excellent at expressing the horrors of his mothers suicide very dramatically without ever being maudlin or melodramaticA pretty stunning debut.
Grief lurks in the shadows of this highly personal collection. His mother's suicide, his restless youth, the sense of things slipping away, but above it all a thirst to survive and thrive.
This review is incomplete because I need to read Some Ether again. This is not only the first book of poetry, but the first book period that I've ever wanted to re-read as soon as I finished it. Okay: want is slightly misleading. I feel I need to read it again, just to fully understand and appreciate the whole thing. But, as far as any sort of guiding recommendation, here's what I can offer: not for the faint of heart. Sorry, that's all I've got. More later.
pain and the power of beautiful writing is what i learned from this book. the author writes about his beautiful doomed mother in a way that invokes not pity but love and longing. the unusual poetic narrative shows us an almost hard to look at picture of what a mother can mean to a little boy and the man he becomes.. read this book even if you don`t usually read poetry.
Nick Flynn's first published book. It's just incredible, refreshing, heartbreaking, and inspiring. I've probably read it dozens of times and never get bored. His voice is just the right combo of intense and reflective. He also achieves this remarkable balance between commmenting on a rather insane childhood without letting it totally define who is his, or allow it to become a pity party. It's like if Sharon Olds could let go of her bitterness and just take it all in from a different vantage
I attended a reading of some of the poems by Nick Flynn at the Texas Book Festival. I felt that his way of dealing with family issues through poetry very helpful to my own situation. I have reread them over and over again.
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