Oblivio Gate

Name: Oblivio Gate
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ISBN: 9780809328772

ISBN-10: 0809328771

ISBN-13: 9780809328772

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sean Nevin

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Suffused with lyrical grace and the language of loss, Sean Nevin'sOblivio Gateexplores the mental and emotional struggles of Solomon, a veteran battling the onslaught of Alzheimer's disease. Set against Solomon's memories of the Korean War, Nevin's poems draw us into an intimate view of a man's confusion as everything he knows slowly unravels around him, leaving him abandoned in the suddenly unfamiliar landscape of his own mind. Readers experience first- hand Solomon's dismay as he watches himself inexorably slip away from reality, fighting to hold on to the shreds of his identity. Intertwined with his perspective are the voices of loved ones and caregivers who can only watch helplessly as…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 11/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English




Losing Solomon


Losing Solomon


Hippocampus


Thirty-Nine Years on the Job


Solomon's Tool Shed


Montclair Vespers


Walking Bees


Wildfire Triptych



What the Smoke Brings



Roof Dancer



Variations on Sleep


Fainting at My Grandfather's Funeral



Oblivio Gate


Oblivio Gate



Solomon's Palimpsest


Solomon's Palimpsest



Wisdom


Wisdom


The Gnome and I Catch Dawn


The Carpenter Bee


Self-Portrait as Tithonus


Self-Portrait as Aurora


The Incident


Sundowning


Again, the Gnome and I Catch Dawn


Alzheimer's


Heart of the Tyrant King


The Other Dream in Which He Is Weightless


Hinged Double Sonnet for the Luna Moths


Working and Singing


Elegy


September, North Fullerton Avenue



Self-Portraits from the Widow House


Self-Portraits from the Widow House



Self-Portrait as the Scavenger Gull



Self-Portrait as the Reluctant Survivor



Self-Portrait as the Emptied Closet



Self-Portrait as the Last Person Living



Self-Portrait as Scarecrow



Self-Portrait as Carrier of the Earth



Self-Portrait as a Walking Monument



Self-Portrait as One Who Sleeps through the Night



Self-Portrait as Disaster


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