{"product_id":"little-boy-lawrence-ferlinghetti-9780525565956","title":"Little Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the famed publisher and poet, author of the million-copy-selling collection \u003ci\u003eA Coney Island of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, his literary last will and testament -- part autobiography, part summing up, part Beat-inflected torrent of language and feeling, and all magical. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A volcanic explosion of personal memories, political rants, social commentary, environmental jeremiads and cultural analysis all tangled together in one breathless sentence that would make James Joyce proud. . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this unapologetically unclassifiable work Lawrence Ferlinghetti lets loose an exhilarating rush of language to craft what might be termed a closing statement about his highly significant and productive 99 years on this planet. The \"Little Boy\" of the title is Ferlinghetti himself as a child, shuffled from his overburdened mother to his French aunt to foster childhood with a rich Bronxville family. Service in World War Two (including the D-Day landing), graduate work, and a scholar gypsy's vagabond life in Paris followed. These biographical reminiscences are interweaved with Allen Ginsberg-esque high energy bursts of raw emotion, rumination, reflection, reminiscence and prognostication on what we may face as a species on Planet Earth in the future. \u003ci\u003eLittle Boy \u003c\/i\u003eis a magical font of literary lore with allusions galore, a final repository of hard-earned and durable wisdom, a compositional high wire act without a net (or all that much punctuation) and just a gas and an inspiration to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Ferlinghetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525565957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525565956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Lawrence Ferlinghetti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044939591935,"sku":"9780525565956","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc772e7a-c25c-4018-9907-7cc9fad8863e.jpg?v=1684975805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/little-boy-lawrence-ferlinghetti-9780525565956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}