Synopsis
A memory of Brazil and its natural beauty evokes calm, and a strange benediction, as poet P. K. Page recalls (for example) two coloured birds which alight on her husband, Arthur, at dusk, in Rio de Janeiro. Page's three years in Brazil, from 1957 to 1959, retain this luminous, slightly surreal quality in the poet's memory, `baroque' she once called its landscape and culture.
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About the Author
P. K. Page wrote some of the best poems published in Canada over the last five decades. In addition to winning the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1957, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1999. She was the author of more than a dozen books, including ten volumes of poetry, a novel, short stories, eight books for children, and a memoir, entitled Brazilian Journal, based on her extended stay in Brazil with her husband Arthur Irwin, who served as the Canadian A
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Brazilian Journal
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Print of 2nd Edition. Corners and edges sharp, clean bright copy, hot pink endpapers. First edition published 1987 by Lester & Orpen Dennys. Seller Inventory # 009495
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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 303 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | A memory of Brazil and its natural beauty evokes calm, and a strange benediction, as poet P. K. Page recalls (for example) two coloured birds which alight on her husband, Arthur, at dusk, in Rio de Janeiro. Page's three years in Brazil, from 1957 to 1959, retain this luminous, slightly surreal quality in the poet's memory, baroque' she once called its landscape and culture. Seller Inventory # 10610155/2