A Grief Sublime - Softcover

Robbins, Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1734089903 ISBN 13: 9781734089905

Publisher: Keats & Company, 2020

Synopsis

This work of creative nonfiction begins with the moment the author, Beth Robbins, is informed of her husband's sudden death in a car accident. Her navigation of grief becomes a hero's journey and ultimately leads to rediscovery. Her lyrical style brings readers into the direct and immediate experience of deep tragedy as well as literature. Robbins enters into conversation with Keats and Whitman, Melville and Dickinson, discovering through these writers that grief has amplified life's spectrum, welcoming her into the realm of literature where imagination meets experience in new and profound ways. This heartbreaking story is ultimately hopeful and transcendent, transforming despair into a new experience of life and a recognition of the love that remains after death.

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About the Author

Written in a lyrical and narrative style, the author shares beloved memories and how she navigated grief, turning it into a journey of rediscovery.The text is an amazing configuration of memoir, poetry, meditation, and imagination that is profoundly moving. Robbins embraces and seeks conversation with her favorite poets Keats, Whitman, Melville, and Dickenson and interweaves reality with another realm to find solace, meaning, and purpose.

Edition details

• Publisher: Keats & Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1734089903
• ISBN 13: 9781734089905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304