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Description for Lost Luggage
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133. Weight in Grams: 142.
Journeys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems. In his new book he presents a unique group of poems about the world of soccer: "The Goalkeeper," "Pele," The Soccer Ball," and others, show Ala's openness and refusal to accept the sterility of modern trends. Lost Luggage has many examples of ... Read more
Journeys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems. In his new book he presents a unique group of poems about the world of soccer: "The Goalkeeper," "Pele," The Soccer Ball," and others, show Ala's openness and refusal to accept the sterility of modern trends. Lost Luggage has many examples of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781897231951
SKU
V9781897231951
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Ref
99-15
About Salvatore Ala
Salvatore Ala: Salvatore Ala was born in Windsor, Ontario in 1959. He studied philosophy and literature, and has worked at various jobs. His first book, Clay of the Maker, was published by Mosaic Press in 1998. He has also published five broadsides of his work. His poems have appeared in numerous journals; and most recently, in the anthology Sweet Lemons, ... Read more
Reviews for Lost Luggage
"This is a collection to be cherished."—Eugene McNamara "Ala's poetry not only exhibits the animating presence of a fresh idiom, but adds to the stock of available reality. Lost Luggage is a triumph."—Len Gasparini, author of The Broken World "In Lost Luggage, Salvatore Ala casts his signature spell, writing of everyday 'beauty that cannot last but does.' Above all, I ... Read more