{"product_id":"father-verses-sons-herbert-gold-9781644284261","title":"Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the global pandemic forced his ninety-six-year-old father into isolation, filmmaker Ari Gold became concerned that loneliness would kill his father's spirits. As a prolific novelist who began writing in his twenties, Herbert Gold's incredible oeuvre included twenty-four novels, five collections of stories and essays, and eight nonfiction books. So, Ari mailed his father a poem, asking for one in return. Later, Ari's twin brother, Ethan, also got into the game. Thus was launched a lifesaving literary correspondence, and a testament to the bonds of family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting poems are playful, honest, funny, and moving. Secrets are invoked alongside personal--and often painful--history. Ari and Ethan's mother, Herbert Gold's second wife, died in a helicopter crash alongside the famous rock promoter and impresario Bill Graham in 1991. Her ghost roams through the poems and the wonderful archival photos included in full color throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFather Verses Sons\u003c\/i\u003e, a lushly illustrated \"correspondence in poems,\" ranges across the life, family, and death of a remarkable father. The father and his sons write tenderly of their hunger for connection, about the woman that all three men have lost (a mother, a wife), and about the passion that all three seek. Ultimately, these poems tell a singular story of men bumbling their way towards love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herbert Gold, Ari Gold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164428426X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644284261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rare Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Herbert Gold","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44919778115839,"sku":"9781644284261","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_651faff3-48f2-40dc-a066-65359ab975d4.jpg?v=1710359399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/father-verses-sons-herbert-gold-9781644284261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}