
Shell
Olive Senior(Author)
Insomniac Press
Will be published approx. on 11. May 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-1-897178-48-5 (ISBN)
Description
In Shell, Olive Senior continues her ongoing investigation of the natural world, the nature of poetry and the power of her Caribbean heritage. She is our guide through realms of miniature elegance, those of shells in their abundant manifestations. With her grace, generosity and world-renowned lyricism, Senior gives us hen's eggs as hymns, molluscs as metaphors, shells of all kinds -- sometimes fragile, sometimes unyielding -- as home, as womb, as token and as totem. Ultimately, she places these shells, small and delicate, at the heart of the Jamaican cane fields, revealing a history rich with culture and haunted by slavery. These are Senior's most powerful and affirming poems to date.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Illustrations
b/w illus
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-897178-48-5 (9781897178485)
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