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Connecting themes of exile, submergence, and reclamation, this imaginative poetry collection explores a variety of complex topics, from a harrowing battle with alcoholism to a redemptive love for Dutch landscapes. Constructed around a series of dialogues between Dutch histories, dialects, faces, and voices both past and present, the volume includes a section entitled "Masterpieces," which imagines conversations with and between paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, and other Dutch masters on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Written on the occasion of the poet's 50th birthday, the final poem of the book, "Vinegar Days," recalls his drinking days--a period he associates with ambition, pride, and failure.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1847770177
ISBN13:9781847770172
Release Date:August 2009
Publisher:Carcanet Press
Length:80 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.2" x 8.2"
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