The Golden Coin

by Alan Feldman

Book Overview

What is good fortune? The Golden Coin asks--and answers--this question in poems about youth, conflict, travel, family love, and the joys and fears of getting old. Aboard his sailboat, Feldman draws lessons from the sea about time and history. His gaze tempered not by nostalgia or longing but by satisfaction and happiness, he finds wry joy in the Havana airport's sniffer dog napping near the impounded luggage. In acknowledging the inevitability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299316742
• ISBN13: 9780299316747
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"