Astatine - Couverture souple

Kenyon, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 192682993X ISBN 13 : 9781926829937

Editeur : Brick Books, 2014

Synopsis

Astatine is an Italian girl, who like Dante's Beatrice, haunts the narrator of Michael Kenyon's incandescent fourth book of poetry.

Named after a radioactive element whose isotopes endure half-lives of mere seconds, she is simultaneously a disappearing and abiding presence who cajoles and comforts, who questions and points, who often leaves the poet puzzled, electrified, heart-broken, and wanting more. Astatine is Kenyon's meditation on the evanescent and persevering tragedy of our lives on Earth. He takes us on an inspirational journey through time that embraces all we are born to and must too soon let go of, even as we make peace with the ever-changing fortunes of existence, even as we come upon unexpected joy.

Husband of a broken arm, take your time.
Joy is waiting. Joy is almost here.

Look twice at the black dog with three legs.
You just saw a black dog with four legs.
- from "Orpheus XVI"

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Kenyon's work has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Baxter Hathaway Prize in fiction, The Malahat Review's Novella Prize, Prism international's fiction contest, the Journey Prize, the National, and the Western Magazine Award. His novel The Beautiful Children won the 2010 Relit Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brick Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 192682993X
• ISBN 13: 9781926829937
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
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