The Journals of Susanna Moodie - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 155199013X ISBN 13 : 9781551990132

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The landmark collaboration of two pre-eminent Canadian artists in an attractive, affordable format.

As fledgling artists in their respective fields, Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter were enthusiastic collaborators in a unique art form, the livre d'artiste – the marriage of original graphic work with literary text. Beginning in the mid-sixties, while both were still students, they worked together on five limited-edition handmade books, volumes of Atwood’s poetry with Pachter’s interpretive artwork. The culmination of their collaboration, the work that is considered their masterpiece, is The Journals of Susanna Moodie. In her reading of Susanna Moodie’s chronicles of pioneer life in nineteenth-century Canada, Atwood found the haunting and timeless themes that still obsess us.

The poems of The Journals of Susanna Moodie were first published in 1970 in a standard format. This sequence of poems is regarded as a classic, in addition to being connected with her later novel, Alias Grace. In 1980, Pachter was able to add his own vibrant, evocative images and create the version they had dreamt of: a hand-set, hand-printed illustrated limited edition of 120 numbered copies.

This popular edition is a faithful re-creation of the original, accompanied by an introductory memoir by Pachter, describing his friendship with Atwood and the creative process behind this breathtaking work, and a foreword by David Staines, who pays homage to Atwood, Pachter, and Moodie and their central places in our art and literature.

Revue de presse :

"The poetry is moving, readable, engaging, and beautifully printed with Pachter's powerful, expressionistic, and highly original images....A wonderful complement of poetry and visual art; Susanna Moodie's story is not lost in this burst of virtuosity."
–Peterborough Examiner

"A fascinating and captivating marriage of text and graphics....Begun as a private collaboration that bears witness to a deep and lasting friendship, this handsome, reasonably priced facsimile edition is the perfect gift for the lover of literature."
–Kitchener Waterloo Record

À propos de cette édition

• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 155199013X
• ISBN 13: 9781551990132
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 73