The 12 stories in Bukoski's third collection are both a dirge and an homage to a passing way of life for the East End neighborhood of Superior, Wisconsin. "Hurry, our closing is imminent, " a priest in the single remaining Catholic church exhorts a Polish emigre seaman at the start of a confession. On the streets and docks of the world's most inland port, Bukoski's characters struggle to understand what went wrong in a city where everything is closing or decaying. Sailors return with diseases of body and soul, a frantic ...
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The 12 stories in Bukoski's third collection are both a dirge and an homage to a passing way of life for the East End neighborhood of Superior, Wisconsin. "Hurry, our closing is imminent, " a priest in the single remaining Catholic church exhorts a Polish emigre seaman at the start of a confession. On the streets and docks of the world's most inland port, Bukoski's characters struggle to understand what went wrong in a city where everything is closing or decaying. Sailors return with diseases of body and soul, a frantic woman searches for her child lost almost a half-century ago, a self-deluded widower seeks love over the telephone, and a compulsive braggart shrinks in stature as his chest expands with the ever more elaborate lies he tells.
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Add this copy of Polonaise to cart. $35.00, like new condition, Sold by Gilbert Trading Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Shreveport, LA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by SMU Press.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First Edition in fine condition includes a letter signed by Author seeking a review in a Michigan poetry magazine. A great collectible copy! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Audience: General/trade.
