Report on the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Books I-IV

Ken Norris

Guernica Editions, Spring 1988

168 pages

Trade Paperback

ISBN13: 9780919349841

ISBN10: 0919349846

English

$15.00 Canada, $15.00 US

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Report on the Second Half of the Twentieth Century is Ken Norris' attempt to make a major statement about life in these times. The vantage point is that of the individual life: his own. Collected and juxtaposed, hopefully books in the series will present a panoramic view and investigation of our moment in history. Books 1-4 is the first of the series that ended with Books 16-22 in 2004.

The Wasteland was only a beginning:// Now even the third generation sores/ Are beginning to fester./ At the four corners people stand/ Wailing for their supper.

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