A review of “All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost” in 100 words by Catherine Stover
What is it like to be a poet? If you have the ideal education, can you make a career of it? This novel shows us four people who attempt to do so. We meet a highly regarded professor of poetry, a single-minded prize-pursuer who becomes a prize-winner, a dedicated artist who took a vow of poverty, and a mother who took a break from poetry for more than a decade. Over a period of about forty years, we see where their stories go. Spoiler alert: in the final pages, it’s hard to envy any of the characters in this book.
Work cited:
Chang, Lan Samantha. All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost. W. W. Norton, 2010, p.204.