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Notebook of Roses and Civilization
Nicole Brossard
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Description for Notebook of Roses and Civilization
Paperback. Nicole Brossard, one of the world's foremost literary innovators, is known for her experiments with language and her groundbreaking treatment of desire and gender. This translation sheds light on the Brossard's remarkable syntax, sadness, and sensuality. Editor(s): Moure, Erin. Translator(s): Majzels, Robert. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
The heat of summer on an earlobe, a parking meter, the shadow of crabs and pigeons under a cherry tree, an olive, a shoulder blade -- in the poems of Nicole Brossard these concrete, quotidian things move languorously through the senses to find a place beyond language. Taken together, they create an audacious new architecture of meaning. Nicole Brossard, one of the world's foremost literary innovators, is known for her experiments with language and her groundbreaking treatment of desire and gender. This dextrous translation by the award-winning poets and translators Erin Moure (Little Theatres) and Robert Majzels (Apikoros Sleuth) ... Read more
The heat of summer on an earlobe, a parking meter, the shadow of crabs and pigeons under a cherry tree, an olive, a shoulder blade -- in the poems of Nicole Brossard these concrete, quotidian things move languorously through the senses to find a place beyond language. Taken together, they create an audacious new architecture of meaning. Nicole Brossard, one of the world's foremost literary innovators, is known for her experiments with language and her groundbreaking treatment of desire and gender. This dextrous translation by the award-winning poets and translators Erin Moure (Little Theatres) and Robert Majzels (Apikoros Sleuth) ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552451816
SKU
V9781552451816
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About Nicole Brossard
Poet, novelist, and essayist Nicole Brossard has published more than thirty books and has twice won the Governor General's Award for Poetry. In 2005, she received the prestigious Molson Prize for lifetime achievement. Robert Majzels is a translator and writer of poems, plays, and novels, most recently, Apikoros Sleuth (Mercury Press, 2004). Erin Moure is a poet and translator and ... Read more
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