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Father Verses Sons : A Correspondence in Poems

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Rare Bird Books
  • 21.2 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm

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When the global pandemic forced his ninety-six-year-old father into isolation, filmmaker Ari Gold became concerned that loneliness would kill his father's spirits. As a prolific novelist who began writing in his twenties, Herbert Gold's incredible oeuvre included twenty-four novels, five collections of stories and essays, and eight nonfiction books. So, Ari mailed his father a poem, asking for one in return. Later, Ari's twin brother, Ethan, also got into the game. Thus was launched a lifesaving literary correspondence, and a testament to the bonds of family.

The resulting poems are playful, honest, funny, and moving. Secrets are invoked alongside personal-and often painful—history. Ari and Ethan's mother, Herbert Gold’s second wife, died in a helicopter crash alongside the famous rock promoter and impresario Bill Graham in 1991. Her ghost roams through the poems and the wonderful archival photos included in full color throughout.

In Father Verses Sons, a lushly illustrated "correspondence in poems," ranges across the life, family, and death of a remarkable father. The father and his sons write tenderly of their hunger for connection, about the woman that all three men have lost (a mother, a wife), and about the passion that all three seek. Ultimately, these poems tell a singular story of men bumbling their way towards love.

  • Title

    Father Verses Sons : A Correspondence in Poems

  • Authors

    Herbert Gold +1

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Rare Bird Books

  • Published

    March 2024

  • Weight

    432g

  • Dimensions

    21.2 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781644284261

  • ISBN-10

    164428426X

  • Eden Code

    7321177

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