Whylah Falls
by George Elliott Clarke
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 189609550X
- ISBN 13
- 9781896095509
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About This Item
Raincoast Books, Polestar, 2001. Soft cover. New. The mythic community created within these poems is populated with larger-than-life characters: lovers, murderers, musicians, and muses. Winner of the Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry, Whylah Falls has inspired a drama, a stage play, and a feature film, One Heart Broken into Song. This Tenth Anniversary Edition includes "Apocrypha" - a section of previously unpublished poems - and an introduction by Clarke- Whylah Falls is a rare, beautiful, and extraordinary book of poetry-one that is in as much demand 10 years after its publication as it was when first released.-Whylah Falls is a mythic community in the heart of Black Nova Scotia populated with larger-than-life characters: lovers young and old, murderers, muses, and musicians. The powerful and sensuous narrative sings with the rhythm of blues and gospel, spinning a complex, absorbing tale of unrequited love, earthy wisdom, devouring corruption, and racial justice.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010336
- Title
- Whylah Falls
- Author
- George Elliott Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 189609550X
- ISBN 13
- 9781896095509
- Publisher
- Raincoast Books, Polestar
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Date Published
- 2001
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