Praeder's Letters: A Novel in Verse - Hardcover

Hall, James Baker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1889330809 ISBN 13: 9781889330808

Publisher: Sarabande Books, 2002

Synopsis

Paul Praeder—an immensely complex character with the bravado of a Hemingway hero, the literary erudition and despair of Berryman’s Dream Songs persona, and the dark, self-destructive magnetism of Conrad’s Captain Kurtz—is a new and disturbing addition to the pantheon of American literary characters. His story unfolds over his 30-year correspondence with a young poet, and it is a story of lost moral compass, in which artistic integrity is traded for commercial success, and friendship and fidelity fall to lust and greed.

James Baker Hall is currently the Poet Laureate of Kentucky.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Praeder's Letters is the fifty-first title to be published by Sarabande Books, a nonprofit literary press headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1994 to publish poetry and short fiction, Sarabande's mission is to disburse these works with diligence and integrity, and to serve as an educational resource to teachers and students of creative writing. Since the 1996 debut of the press, our titles have received positive review attention from nationally distinguished media including The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, American Book Review, Small Press, The Nation, and Library Journal.

About the Author:

James Baker Hall teaches at the University of Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1889330809
• ISBN 13: 9781889330808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120