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Ossuaries

By Dionne Brand

Book information

Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Year
2010
ISBN
9780771017360, 0771017367
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
323 kB (330495 bytes)
Pages
112\0
Time added
2022-10-17 22:22:30

Description

Dionne Brand’s hypnotic, urgent long poem – her first book of poetry in four years, is about the bones of fading cultures and ideas, about the living museums of spectacle where these bones are found. At the centre of Ossuaries is the narrative of Yasmine, a woman living an underground life, fleeing from past actions and regrets, in a perpetual state of movement. She leads a solitary clandestine life, crossing borders actual (Algiers, Cuba, Canada), and timeless. Cold-eyed and cynical, she contemplates the periodic crises of the contemporary world. This is a work of deep engagement, sensuality, and ultimate craft from an essential observer of our time and one of the most accomplished poets writing today.

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