num_pages: 78
description: Son of a Holocaust survivor, Jason Sommer writes of troubles that unfold at the intersection of history made and personality in making, of self and other, of wakefulness and sleep. His world is post-Holocaust, and the poetic voice in this book is one which emerges from that calamity, telling the stories of those who have finally begun to speak to him, and now through him. As a survivor's child, Sommer must consider how to live in the wake of history, among those who are indelibly marked by it.
language: English
title: Other People's Troubles
titlecomplete: Other People's Troubles (Phoenix Poets)
ratings_count: 10
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Poetry
publisher: University of Chicago Press