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The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
Philip Schultz
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Description for The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
Paperback. "Gripping, eloquent, moving, this is a powerful tale about what remains hidden and/or unspeakable in history." -Elie Wiesel Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
This astonishing novel in verse tells the story of a haunted young man hiding from the Vietnam War in the basement of a San Francisco building and translating his mother’s diaries. The diaries concern the Jedwabne massacre that took place in Poland in 1941. Wildly inventive, dark, beautiful and unrelenting, The Wherewithal is a meditation on the nature of evil and the destruction of war.
This astonishing novel in verse tells the story of a haunted young man hiding from the Vietnam War in the basement of a San Francisco building and translating his mother’s diaries. The diaries concern the Jedwabne massacre that took place in Poland in 1941. Wildly inventive, dark, beautiful and unrelenting, The Wherewithal is a meditation on the nature of evil and the destruction of war.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393351446
SKU
V9780393351446
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About Philip Schultz
Philip Schultz is the author of eight poetry collections, including Luxury and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Failure. The founder of The Writers Studio, he has been teaching creative writing since 1971. He lives in East Hampton, New York.
Reviews for The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
"The Wherewithal is a horrifying and eloquent book."
The Independent "Schultz’s book is full of magnificent language and trenchant philosophical juxtapositions..."
The Jewish Chronicle "One of the strongest literary renditions of the Shoah I know."
Saul Friedlander, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Years of Extermination
The Independent "Schultz’s book is full of magnificent language and trenchant philosophical juxtapositions..."
The Jewish Chronicle "One of the strongest literary renditions of the Shoah I know."
Saul Friedlander, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Years of Extermination