Ossuaries
Dionne Brand • McClelland & Stewart • ISBN 9780771017346
Ossuaries
Dionne Brand • McClelland & Stewart • ISBN-13 9780771017346
ISBN-10 1769223568 • 2010
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ISBN 9780771017346 • Completeness 46
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Dionne Brand’s hypnotic, urgent long poem is about the bones of fading cultures and ideas, about the living museums of spectacle where these bones are found. At the centre of Ossuaries is the narrative of Yasmine, a woman living an underground life, fleeing from past actions and regrets, in a perpetual state of movement. She leads a solitary clandestine life, crossing borders actual (Algiers, Cuba, Canada), and timeless. Cold-eyed and cynical, she contemplates the periodic crises of the contemporary world. This is a work of deep engagement, sensuality, and ultimate craft from an essential observer of our time and one of the most accomplished poets writing today.
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