An edition of Compass of the dying (1998)

Compass of the dying

poems

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An edition of Compass of the dying (1998)

Compass of the dying

poems

When Laurence Lieberman writes of Guyana or islands in the Dutch West Indies, he excavates, explores, even exhumes the essence of the place. In the flora and fauna, in the rural cafes and ruins of churches and crypts, in the taste of iguana soup and the look of light through strained glass, Lieberman unfolds an exquisite atlas of the senses.

Folk tales, legends, and island myths play a great role in his newest work. In the eddies of a river in Guyana, Lieberman dares river demons. On the island of Aruba, he hears the chants and work songs of long-dead miners in an abandoned gold mine. He briefly loses himself when he stares into the mirror of a well once frequented by slaves on Bonaire.

Coupled with natural forces - floods, volcanic eruptions, constant rains - these folk tales and the stories of the islanders' lives create a "wedding of sun and rain," and a map to the troves of the Caribbean hidden beneath a rich and often violent history.

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English
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123

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Compass of the dying: poems
1998, University of Arkansas Press
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Published in
Fayettsville

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3562.I43 C6 1998, PS3562.I43C6 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
123 p. :
Number of pages
123

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL690380M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781557285096
ISBN 10
1557285098, 1557285101
LCCN
97037473
OCLC/WorldCat
37552311
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3128502
2994078

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