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Field guide to the lost flower of Crete
- Title
- Field guide to the lost flower of Crete / Eleonore Schönmaier.
- Author
- Schönmaier, Eleonore
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 22-118 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 123 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "Island reality is interconnected with live-retrieved memories in which a nurse follows a violent patient into the northern Canadian bush, a migrant mother faces her new job as the village butcher, an Ojibway man is forced to walk a dangerous route home alone, teenagers loot the local dump to build their mother's wheelchair, and an electrician watches a woman play a grand piano on a ballfield. A (re)creation of the surreality and altered time within deep states of grieving, Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete juxtaposes sorrow with fragmentary unapologetic joy. Eleonore Schönmaier forges compelling symphonic resonances between European musical encounters and a northern working-class childhood. By centring her experiential empathy on a history of racism and poverty, she guides us into better ways of being. Intimate reflections are contrasted with geopolitical and environmental concerns as Schönmaier's fierce intelligence focuses on what is most essential in our lives. The arc of this collection offers a rejuvenating meditation on the meaning of loss and love, highlighted by the lyric beauty of the writing. Eleonore Schönmaier is the award-winning author of Dust Blown Side of the Journey and Wavelengths of Your Song. She divides her time between Canada and Europe."--
- Series Statement
- The Hugh MacLennan poetry series
- Uniform Title
- Poems. Selections
- Hugh MacLennan poetry series.
- Alternative Title
- Poems.
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references: pages 121-123.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Call Number
- JFC 22-118
- ISBN
- 9780228005810
- 0228005817
- LCCN
- 2020446720
- OCLC
- 1201657337
- Author
- Schönmaier, Eleonore, author.
- Title
- Field guide to the lost flower of Crete / Eleonore Schönmaier.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Hugh MacLennan poetry seriesHugh MacLennan poetry series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references: pages 121-123.
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Schönmaier, Eleonore. Field guide to the lost flower of Crete. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 0228007763 9780228007760 (OCoLC)1232087557
- Research Call Number
- JFC 22-118