The Thirteenth Month - Softcover

Hamilton, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1625570147 ISBN 13: 9781625570147

Publisher: Black Lawrence Press, 2019

Synopsis

Fiction. Raised in a town that prizes poets above doctors and astronauts, the narrator of THE THIRTEENTH MONTH is a constant reader, and it is through books--real and imagined--that he experiences the world, from the libraries of Dar es Salaam to the dead-end streets of Cleveland. While he believes he is being prepared to write himself, he is ultimately called to a different, less romantic task--helping his increasingly demented mother die.

Bruno Schulz described a thirteenth month as an unnatural time when "one may be touched by the divine finger of poetry." Hamilton shows that touch to be both divine and troubling. Elegantly structured, THE THIRTEENTH MONTH follows the elusive thread between the books we read, the actions we take and the people we become.

About this title

About the Author:

During his twenties, Colin Hamilton published poetry and essays in various journals, as well as a chapbook with the Kent State University Press. He then set that life aside for a while to build a career in public affairs, helping to develop the Minneapolis Central Library, the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, and affordable housing projects for low income artists in New York, New Orleans, Honolulu and elsewhere. He lives in St. Paul with his wife and two sons and works for Public Radio International. THE THIRTEENTH MONTH (Black Lawrence Press, 2019) is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1625570147
• ISBN 13: 9781625570147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 215