Description
Poetry. Winner of the 2016 Sexton Prize for Poetry (selected by Don Share of Poetry magazine), AMERICAN PURGATORY is a story of the working class, a dystopia set in a near-future United States marked by severe drought, herbicidal warfare, and a totalitarian climate of poverty. This purgatory is populated by those who believe that if they work hard enough, they will be set free. Against this backdrop, three unlikely characters begin a journey that will take them away from work, belief, and even each other, until the protagonist uncovers a truth about this place that indeed sets her free. Equal parts Dante and Cormac McCarthy, AMERICAN PURGATORY is a coming-of-age for capitalism written in the decade of tea-party terror.
Author: Rebecca Gayle Howell
Publisher: Eyewear Publishing
Published: 02/10/2017
Pages: 58
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781911335443
ISBN10: 1911335448
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | General