After the fire : a writer finds his place / Paul Zimmer.
After the Fire is the story of the poet Paul Zimmers journey from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during atomic tests in the Nevada desert, to his many years as a writer and publisher, and the rural tranquility of his present life. Zimmer juxtaposes timeless rustic subjects wi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2002.
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| Summary: | After the Fire is the story of the poet Paul Zimmers journey from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during atomic tests in the Nevada desert, to his many years as a writer and publisher, and the rural tranquility of his present life. Zimmer juxtaposes timeless rustic subjects with flashbacks to key moments: his first and only boxing match, his return to the France of his ancestors, his painful departure from the publishing world after forty years. These stories are full of humor and pathos, but the real center of the book is the abiding beauty of the driftless hills, the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 229 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780816694082 0816694087 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |