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A Painted Elephant
Jill Hartman
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Description for A Painted Elephant
Paperback. Tells a tale of love that features a lonely Indian elephant, newly arrived at the Calgary Zoo from Holland, with a penchant for moonlight escapes, and the wooden Maytag Man statue on Calgary's 9th Street, with his sad eyes, his oaken thighs, his aloofness. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 185.
A Painted Elephant tells a tale of love -- unrequited, of course, like all the best stories. Our Juliet? A lonely Indian elephant, newly arrived at the Calgary Zoo from Holland, with a penchant for moonlight escapes. Her Romeo? The wooden Maytag Man statue on Calgary's 9th Street, with his sad eyes, his oaken thighs, his aloofness. This book, the first from Jill Hartman, is a tragi-comic narrative poem about pachyderm passion. Nina Simone, Pig Latin, German opera and a chorus of Canadian poets play in the background. Incense, speculaas cookies and cheap flowers scent the air. And goddesses, ... Read more
A Painted Elephant tells a tale of love -- unrequited, of course, like all the best stories. Our Juliet? A lonely Indian elephant, newly arrived at the Calgary Zoo from Holland, with a penchant for moonlight escapes. Her Romeo? The wooden Maytag Man statue on Calgary's 9th Street, with his sad eyes, his oaken thighs, his aloofness. This book, the first from Jill Hartman, is a tragi-comic narrative poem about pachyderm passion. Nina Simone, Pig Latin, German opera and a chorus of Canadian poets play in the background. Incense, speculaas cookies and cheap flowers scent the air. And goddesses, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
106
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
106
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552451175
SKU
V9781552451175
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Ref
99-1
About Jill Hartman
Calgary born-and-bred poet Jill Hartman writes disjunctive narrative poetry about pachyderms, pirates, belly dancing, Ouija, Scrabble, and The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. She's presented and performed her poetry across Canada and as far afield as Scotland and her writing has appeared in Queen Street Quarterly, filling Station, endnote, and DIAGRAM, in the anthologies Post-Prairie (Talonbooks) and Shift & Switch ... Read more
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