Before and since his enforced exile from 1989
the collection deals with the damning and redemptive aspects of love
Helen Kay and Isabella Mead
that is expatriation
Although his body traps him at home
Works and Days by Nathaniel Rosenthalis Charlotte Van Den Broeck Before and since his enforcedNathaniel Rosenthalis Works and Days is a brilliant, lyrical, and exuberant collection of poems. Playful, tender, and often wise, these works combine self portraiture, literary homage, familial anecdotes, mythological retellings, and philosophical contemplation to create a series of moving depictions of what it is to be human and part of a world of both great suffering and great joy. With humor, intelligence, and vulnerability, the poems examine