Frederick the sooner we can show

the sooner we can show grace to ourselves and others

Don DeLillo

"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" is many things: the story of a marriage that mysteriously collapses

it should go without saying / that what the oven is to the baker / and the berry-stained blouse to the drycleaner / so the window is to the poet

When she's named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket

Frederick the sooner we can showIllus. in full color. "While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words." "Wilson Library Bulletin." "A splendid achievement." (starred) "School Library Journal. "