Atomic Field: Two Poems

Christopher, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0151005532 / ISBN 13: 9780151005536

Published by Harcourt Brace & Co., Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., 2000

About this Item

FIRST PRINTING. "Nicholas Christopher is one of his generation's finest poets and has earned a reputation for the sheer beauty of his verse, for his elegiac voice, and for his lush, redolent vocabulary. 'Atomic Field' presents two extended poems set in the years 1962 and 1972. Each year includes forty-five poems that evoke the life of a young boy and, later, a young man, during those alternately calm and turbulent decades." 95 pages. LP.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Atomic Field: Two Poems
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co., Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151005532
• ISBN 13: 9780151005536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

An awardwinning poet offers a stunning epic in verse tracing the comingofage of a young man, presenting two long poems set in 1962 and 1972, with each year containing fortyfive shorter poems that unforgettably capture the essence of American life.

About the Author

Nicholas Christopher is the author of six books of poetry, several anthologies of contemporary American verse, a study of film noir, and three novels, including the recently published A Trip to the Stars. His work has been widely anthologized. He lives in New York City.