Nerve Storm

"Your thoughts become fluid, volatile; their aroma fills the room. This is a nerve storm." In her first collection since Bitter Angel , winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award, Amy Gerstler explores themes of suffering and redemption through a heady blend of folklore, popular culture, and the natural world in Nerve Storm . The poet Eileen Myles has said that "the supernatural, the sexy mundane, the out-of-sight are simply [Gerstler's] materials, employed as they might be in a piece of religious art." A crackling wit and whimsical instinct guide this collection as Gerstler traipses through humanity's triumphs and blunders, effortlessly revealing the surreal and surprising possibilities inherent in everyday life.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Gerstler
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1993
• EAN: 9780140587036
• ISBN: 978-0-14-058703-6
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 213 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Poets; Penguin Poets
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies