Manhattan is epic. And here's the poem to prove it. Erik Pihel delivers a short epic in traditional forms that tells the archetypal New York story of a stranger arriving on shores of a new world. A book twenty-one years in the making, this tale of loss and wonder takes place over four days in 1995/96 and ends in free verse on the sidewalks of the East Village.

Saturday, 9 December 1995
The World Below
The Passion of the Queen
A Bridge to the Far Shore
The Immigrants Embark

Friday, 5 July 1996
Stranger at the Gates
Battle at the Wall
Shape Shifter

Saturday, 6 July 1996
Flight from the City
The Immigrants Arrive

Sunday, 7 July 1996
One More Strange Island

Appendix: New Yorkers in "The Immigrants Embark"
Acknowledgements
About the Author