wyszukanych pozycji: 3
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Deep Down in the Delta: Folktales and Poems
ISBN: 9781935106333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In "Deep Down in the Delta," a book like no other, tales and poems by award-winning writer Greg Alan Brownderville are paired with paintings by "outsider" artist Billy Moore to evoke the Arkansas Delta in unforgettable fashion. One of the most soulful, most mysterious regions in America comes to life in words and pictures.
Reminiscent of Jean Toomer's Cane and Alice Rae Yelen's "Passionate Visions of the American South," this book leads the reader into strange country where a buzzard the size of an airplane circles over buried Confederate treasure; an indestructible rabbit haunts a... In "Deep Down in the Delta," a book like no other, tales and poems by award-winning writer Greg Alan Brownderville are paired with paintings by "outsi...
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73,12 |
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Gust
ISBN: 9780810152212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Irresistible in its color and momentum, Greg Alan Brownderville's debut collection explores the competing mysticisms of his boyhood: the Voudou of his native Arkansas Delta and the Pentecostalism embodied by his devil-hunting pastor, Brother Langston. On the one hand, "gust" sonically suggests "ghost," and wind is a metaphor for inspiration and the Holy Spirit. On the other hand, "gust" suggests urge and pleasure, especially of the gastronomic variety, thus evoking the body.
Brownderville commands the complex eloquence of Southerners who love not only local color but also high-flown... Irresistible in its color and momentum, Greg Alan Brownderville's debut collection explores the competing mysticisms of his boyhood: the Voudou of his...
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63,37 |
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A Horse with Holes in It: Poems
ISBN: 9780807163542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A Horse with Holes in It, Greg Alan Brownderville's third collection of poetry, employs inventive phrasing and vivid imagery to construct a particular life marked by religion, confused by desire, dulled by alcohol, and darkened by death. But he also skillfully uses humor to soften the disquieting images that haunt these stanzas. Strange stories wind through these poems: Two method actors live as lovers in a war-torn city and take the stage in an empty playhouse. A poet confesses to killing thousands of Arkansas blackbirds via folk magic. A preteen boy, deeply involved in an... A Horse with Holes in It, Greg Alan Brownderville's third collection of poetry, employs inventive phrasing and vivid imagery to construct ... |
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77,99 |