Isbn: 9781556595677 - nightingale (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A fierce, contemporary reworking of ancient mythology-from Ovid to Eden-confronts sexual violence, loss, and existential reckoning.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A fierce, contemporary reworking of ancient mythology-from Ovid to Eden-confronts sexual violence, loss, and existential reckoning.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First Printing. Crisp, bright, and clean except for a tiny brown spot at the bottom edges of pp.6-7; no owners' marks, no other wear; nearly as new. 97pp. A Lannan Literary Selection from the one-time poet laureate of Utah.

Paper Back. Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 97 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Here, Rekdal translates pain into redemption, so that a loss is not an ending but a transformation, in this riveting poetic alchemy.' -Publishers Weekly, starred review'Nightingale explores what few writers since Ovid have reminded us: metamorphosis is a violent act, requiring dismemberment, silence, and fragmentation before we can become something new.' -New York Journal of BooksNightingale is a book about change. This collection radically rewrites and contemporizes many of the myths central to Ovid's epic, The Metamorphoses, Rekdal's characters changed not by divine intervention but by both ordinary and extraordinary human events. In Nightingale, a mother undergoes cancer treatments at the same time her daughter transitions into a son; a woman comes to painful terms with her new sexual life after becoming quadriplegic; a photographer wonders whether her art is to blame for her son's sudden illness; and a widow falls in love with her dead husband's dog. At the same time, however, the book includes more intimate lyrics that explore personal transformation, culminating in a series of connected poems that trace the continuing effects of sexual violence and rape on survivors. Nightingale updates many of Ovid's subjects while remaining true to the Roman epic's tropes of violence, dismemberment, silence, and fragmentation. Is change a physical or a spiritual act Is transformation punishment or reward, reversible or permanent Does metamorphosis literalize our essential traits, or change us into something utterly new Nightingale investigates these themes, while considering the roles that pain, violence, art, and voicelessness all play in the changeable selves we present to the world.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnPaisley Rekdal is the author of six collections of poetry, addition to three nonfiction andhybrid-genre books. Her honors include being named Utah s Poet Laureate.KlappentextrnrnA fierce, contem.