# The Beforelife

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- Book: [The Beforelife](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-wright/the-beforelife) ([The Beforelife.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-wright/the-beforelife.md))
- Authors: [Franz Wright](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-wright)
- Publisher: knopf
- ISBN: 978-03-7570-943-2
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2002-04-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this stunning collection, Franz Wright chronicles the journey back from a place of isolation and wordlessness. After a period when it seemed certain he would never write poetry again, he speaks with...