Hibiscus
Published on 3. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-1-300-42677-6 (ISBN)
Description
An elven tale of love and loss, told in skaldic speech. A novelette in operatic prose-poetry transforming memoire into crystal menagerie, Hibiscus dances ballet-prose into verse-pirouettes that spin the heart dizzy. Gongora gong-chimes the galleys again, Borges' spindle-spells meshing baroque weep with crack-of-egg-yolk love. Memory made pure with polish, romance raised to relic and holographic shrine, an epitaph of eternal moments now passed, Hibiscus is Rimbaud meets Bragi, Beowulf wrapped Wilde around Hopkins to praise the gifts of the Goddess of Love.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-300-42677-6 (9781300426776)
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John Landau has published 23 books of poetry, including Spiderman In Iambic Pentameter, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, a retelling of the classic epic of Gilgamesh, Phoenix Rising: Star Wars in Iambic Pentameter, and many others. He is one of the most prolific and beautiful poets of the age, a true bard both erudite and with the fairy touch. Poetry is his lifeblood and passion, and he has dedicated his life to restoring the art to its cinematic power and intensity.