I & I
Autor George Elliott Clarke Ilustrat de Lateef Martinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 ian 2009
In the "Boogie Nights" era of the 1970s, Betty Browning and her lover, boxer Malcolm Miles, travel from the fog-anchored grime of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to sunburnt Corpus Christi, Texas, and back — meeting tragedy and bloodshed along the way. I & I smoulders with love, lust, violence, and the excruciating repercussions of racism, sexism, and disgust. Rastafarian for "you and me," "I & I" expresses the oneness of God and man, the oneness of two people or the distinction between body and spirit.
In George Elliott Clarke's hands, this existential aesthetic crystallizes in a love story of Gothic grit. The narrative gives this verse novel shape; the poetry makes it sing, straddling folk ballad, soul, and pop music, all the while moaning the blues.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780864925138
ISBN-10: 0864925131
Pagini: 238
Ilustrații: black & white
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:First
Editura: Goose Lane Editions
Colecția Goose Lane Editions
Locul publicării:Canada
ISBN-10: 0864925131
Pagini: 238
Ilustrații: black & white
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:First
Editura: Goose Lane Editions
Colecția Goose Lane Editions
Locul publicării:Canada
Recenzii
In the "Boogie Nights" era of the 1970s, Betty Browning and her lover, boxer Malcolm Miles, travel from the fog-anchored grime of Halifax to sunburnt Corpus Christi and back, meeting tragedy and bloodshed along the way. This verse novel smoulders with forbidden lust and blazes with brutality. With his trademark artistry, Clarke fearlessly ignites the grotesque and repugnant. Then, in a breath, he carries us ". . . to a hedonistic Eden, A wide largesse of green and flowers, And the unaccustomed gilding of light Granting everything a gold crust."
"One of Canada's most important and readable poets."
"The poetry itself is the thing, the overflowing energy of the language in this book — a profusion of rhetorical tropes and schemes and a breathtaking array of literary and cultural allusion. . . . Truly an original creation. It was probably fun to write; it is certainly a pleasure to read."
"Clarke marches and dances and stomps and skates (but never ever shuffles) all over the story. Don't even think about trying to put this musical novel down. Betty Baker Browning [is] the sweetest alter ego this side of Bedford Basin. Or in this life, oh sweet life."
"One of Canada's most important and readable poets."
"The poetry itself is the thing, the overflowing energy of the language in this book — a profusion of rhetorical tropes and schemes and a breathtaking array of literary and cultural allusion. . . . Truly an original creation. It was probably fun to write; it is certainly a pleasure to read."
"Clarke marches and dances and stomps and skates (but never ever shuffles) all over the story. Don't even think about trying to put this musical novel down. Betty Baker Browning [is] the sweetest alter ego this side of Bedford Basin. Or in this life, oh sweet life."