{"product_id":"little-boy-by-lawrence-ferlinghetti","title":"Little Boy \/ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber, 2019. Hardcover. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLittle Boy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56315043676326,"sku":null,"price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/little-boy.jpg?v=1774122481","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/little-boy-by-lawrence-ferlinghetti","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}