LIGHT WHILE THERE IS LIGHT

One of the unheralded masterpieces of twentieth-century American fiction, Light While There Is Light is acclaimed poet Keith Waldrop s autobiographical novel about the myriad ghosts left behind by his family. Born to a deeply religious mother, the narrator and his siblings are led across the US as she searches for the right religious sect--a trip that ends with her speaking in tongues, and fin ally her total isolation. But no synopsis can do justice to the beauty of Keith Waldrop s measured, wise, and unembroidered prose