Bicycle in a Ransacked City: an Elegy

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These poems blaze in an inferno of lament and love as a son cares for his father who suffers from a debilitating illness The speaker in Bicycle in a Ransacked City paints an emotional landscape from childhood to the present, while trying to find glimpses of happiness in the imminent painful loss.This debut collection follows the struggles of a son attempting to care for his father with Parkinson s Disease against the backdrop of the burning Bronx and New York City The poems peel away at the complexity of love, family, individual growth, and sacrifice as the rough son moves through the world In the face of a merciless disease, each poem fights to turn despair into gratitude The poetry of Andr s Cerpa gives startling dimension to the most profound experiences of human sadness his words come from the ache of longing for what has been taken away or denied by loss and love A remarkable and poignant debut that illuminates the dark rooms we all inhabit in our search for solace, beauty, or saving grace Rigoberto Gonz lez, author of Unpeopled Eden Free Read Books Bicycle in a Ransacked City: an Elegy by Andrés Cerpa – kino-fada.fr i felt compelled to write a review because some of the few written ones left for this collection misrepresent the poems what cerpa has done expertly is navigate between tenderness and brutality there are no judgements, only a determination for the truth no matter how cruel or how lovely idk what unnamed women saviors a previou...I was excited to read this, but once I started reading it I wasexcited to finish it and get rid of it.Poems had clich phrases, made little sense, and lacked I don t know what they lacked I felt confused, and unattached.A forgettable read.teaching this for schoolThese poems read exactly like the melancholic satisfaction of a cigarette after a minor collapse from a long, long month I m not sure if the consistent unnamed women saviors really add much,I was lucky to get an advance copy of this collection to write a review This is a stunning and ambitious work for a debut Make sure to pick up a copy when it comes out in January

Bicycle in a Ransacked City: an Elegy
  • English
  • 10 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 100 pages
  • 193858497X
  • Andrés Cerpa
  • Bicycle in a Ransacked City: an Elegy