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Softcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. 81 pages. Fine/as new condition. First edition.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Angel Overkill. Douglas Burnet Smith, a vital force in Canadian poetry for fifty years, once again displays his mastery of a plain yet allusive narrative style. With the odd pairing of Vladimir Nabokov and Jack Kerouac as the book's tutelary mentors, and with Rilke's angels as over-achieving spiritual guides, Smith takes readers on a journey that begins on a public bus ride through the dilapidated streets of Havana to visit Hemingway's compound which conjures memories of the poet's childhood in the 1950s, of the far-reaching reverberations of the Cuban revolution, and of the polio epidemic raging across North America at the time. The long poem "59," like many others throughout the collection, reveals Smith's concern, or perhaps, more accurately, his obsession, with the past and its power. The journey includes extended, haunting detours to Mexico and Moscow, Florence and Sarajevo, among other places, where meditations on landscape and historical events produce poems suffused with terrifying yet indispensable insight. --Smith, Douglas Burnet Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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paperback. Condition: New. Condition Notes: New from the publisher.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Meditations on Love and Other Infractions. Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1993 for Voices for a Farther Room. Smith has won numerous awards for poetry including the Malahat Review's Long Poem prize. Trade paperback with french flaps. 109pp. Unread copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Condition: New. 2020. Paperback. . . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ In Learning to Count, Douglas Burnet Smith explores the counterpoint between everyday, often innocent, experiences and the darker elegiac tones of history. The lyricism of Tuscany's sublime skies merges into J.M.W. Turner's obsession with clouds and the author's own retracing of Turner's sources of inspiration. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Louis Riel, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Benito Mussolini, Robert Desnos, Napoleon and a contemplative lizard on a Corsican mountainside all have their roles to play. In brutal contrast, the author, taking his own child to a school in France, encounters horrifying evidence of the murder of hundreds of children by French Nazi collaborators. But throughout, Smith measures the impact of his encounters with distinctly Canadian insight and awareness. And so finally the journey returns home, to Canada, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Pablo Picasso magically leads a naked chorus line through the streets of the city. The journey has been exhilarating, exhausting, at times almost unbearable - but always, always magical. Signed by Author(s).…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 65 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 86 pages. 9.00x9.00x6.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 86 pages. 9.00x9.00x6.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

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[0-920635-03-2] 1988, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 52pp. 8vo. Scarce. Published in a limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is #62. The author's fourth book of poetry. These are prose poems, a medium for which Adams is well-reputed, and rhythmically, remains his strongest collection. Beige card wrappers show light markings. Internally clean, crisp, tight, bright.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. About the book: Softcover. First Printing. Signed by poet on title page. Book is in fine condition. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Angel Overkill. Douglas Burnet Smith, a vital force in Canadian poetry for fifty years, once again displays his mastery of a plain yet allusive narrative style. With the odd pairing of Vladimir Nabokov and Jack Kerouac as the book's tutelary mentors, and with Rilke's angels as over-achieving spiritual guides, Smith takes readers on a journey that begins on a public bus ride through the dilapidated streets of Havana to visit Hemingway's compound which conjures memories of the poet's childhood in the 1950s, of the far-reaching reverberations of the Cuban revolution, and of the polio epidemic raging across North America at the time. The long poem "59," like many others throughout the collection, reveals Smith's concern, or perhaps, more accurately, his obsession, with the past and its power. The journey includes extended, haunting detours to Mexico and Moscow, Florence and Sarajevo, among other places, where meditations on landscape and historical events produce poems suffused with terrifying yet indispensable insight. --Smith, Douglas Burnet Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Angel Overkill. Douglas Burnet Smith, a vital force in Canadian poetry for fifty years, once again displays his mastery of a plain yet allusive narrative style. With the odd pairing of Vladimir Nabokov and Jack Kerouac as the book's tutelary mentors, and with Rilke's angels as over-achieving spiritual guides, Smith takes readers on a journey that begins on a public bus ride through the dilapidated streets of Havana to visit Hemingway's compound which conjures memories of the poet's childhood in the 1950s, of the far-reaching reverberations of the Cuban revolution, and of the polio epidemic raging across North America at the time. The long poem "59," like many others throughout the collection, reveals Smith's concern, or perhaps, more accurately, his obsession, with the past and its power. The journey includes extended, haunting detours to Mexico and Moscow, Florence and Sarajevo, among other places, where meditations on landscape and historical events produce poems suffused with terrifying yet indispensable insight. --Smith, Douglas Burnet Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Burden is the story of a seventeen-year-old British soldier, Private Herbert Burden, who was shot for desertion during World War IHe was one of hundreds so executed. It is now understood that many had committed no crime, but were suffering from PTSD. Burden's story is told in the voice of Lance Corporal Reginald Smith, the author's uncle. The author discovered years later in a box of papers that his uncle, Lance Corporal Smith, had befriended Private Burden but then was ultimately commanded to join in the firing squad that killed his friend. This slim book reaches below standard indictments of war-it shows us that 'terrifying,' 'senseless,' 'horrific' don't go deep enough. To utter them, the eye must already be closing over. Smith's account is an object lesson in why poetry matters. It takes us to places even the best journalism can't reach.…