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Автор: Frederick T.Pheiffer
Год: 2005
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 136
ISBN: 9781598580785
"Frederick Pheiffer is a Norman Rockwell of the printed page. His poems, like Rockwell's paintings, do much more than merely depict a scene. Commonly, they evoke an earlier era and its distinctive ethos. This way of life emphasized personal honor, individual responsibility, honest toil and wholesome entertainment. In The Last Stop with an economy of expression and a supple mastery of context and detail, Pheiffer takes his reader on a journey of recollection that is neither sen-timental nor rueful. This journey is, quite simply, truthful. When Pheiffer applies his artistry to the present, there is often an edge of sadness. All the same, there is never a wail of despair. Whatever the time frame, there remains a sense of proportion. The subjects of The Last Stop are not larger than life. Rather, they reflect the reality of seem-ingly ordinary people, whose inner nobility elevates them above the inci-dentals of status, condition, or rank. With such individuals, Pheiffer dis-plays a...
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