The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Black Goat)

By: Cristina García

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Synopsis: From the National Book Award-nominated author of Dreaming in Cuban, &“breathtakingly beautiful&” poems about her troubled, self-destructive brother (The Austin Chronicle). &“[A] brave and moving tribute to a brother gone astray; with skill, unflinching honesty, and redemptive compassion, Cristina García tracks his marvelous, complex, and errant life…These poems are the beautiful, painful, astonishing result of a journey to hell and back in search of the brother she loves. With this first book of poems, García, one of our best novelists and storytellers, proves herself to be a talented poet as well.&”—Julia Alvarez, author of Saving the World &“Garcia&’s spare language lucidly invokes the brother&’s insistence on remaining a wreck and the speaker&’s helplessness to stop him.&”—The Adirondack Review