Blue Portugal and Other Essays

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Using the richness of braided essays, Theresa Kishkan thinks deeply about the natural world, mourns and celebrates the aging body, gently contests recorded history, and considers art and visual phenomena. Gathering personal genealogies, medical histories, and early land surveys together with insights from music, colour theory, horticulture, and textile production, Kishkan weaves a pattern of richly textured threads, welcoming readers to share her intellectual and emotional preoccupations. With an intimate awareness of place and time, a deep sensitivity to family, and a poetic delight in travel, local food and wine, and dogs, Blue Portugal and Other Essays offers up a sense of wonder at the interconnectedness of all things.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Wayfarer
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:University of Alberta Press
ISBN:9781772125993
Utmärkelser:Winner of Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards / Sunshine Coast Voices 2023 (Canada)

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Mer om författaren

Theresa Kishkan lives on the Sechelt Peninsula in British Columbia. She has published more than a dozen books, including poetry, fiction, and collections of essays.

Recensioner i media

"...Kishkan’s writing is lyrical and free-ranging, a true pleasure to read.... In Blue Portugal the essays’ themes are allowed to slip their boundaries; a topic addressed in one essay recurs in later essays, a recognition, perhaps, that thoughts and interests develop over time, shifting slightly as they are put in the company of other thoughts, are seen from different perspectives. The essays in Blue Portugal seem to talk to each other; they interlace in interesting and thought-provoking ways. The book is a fine example of the personal essay at its best." Michael Hayward, The British Columbia Review, August 2, 2022 [Full review at https://thebcreview.ca/2022/08/02/1533-hayward-kishkan]

Innehållsförteckning

Preface1. A Dark Path2. The Blue Etymologies3. We Are Still Here4. Blue Portugal5. How Rivers Break Away and Meet Again6. Blueprints7. Anatomy of a Button8. Love Song9. The River Door10. Museum of the Multitude VillageAcknowledgementsSources"