by Dan Chiasson
University of Chicago Press, 2002
Paper: 978-0-226-10378-5 | Cloth: 978-0-226-10377-8
Library of Congress Classification PS3603.H54A68 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.6

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Both intensely personal and deeply rooted in recognizable events of personal, familial, or national significance, The Afterlife of Objects is a kind of dreamed autobiography. With poise and skill, Dan Chiasson divulges the enigmas of the mind of not just one individual but of an entire social world through a beautifully constructed poetic voice that issues from a kind of mythic childhood of our collective, tortured humanity. This sophisticated debut collection offers deceptively simple poems that evoke highly complex states of mind with a voice that has long been listening to the discordant music of contemporary life.

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