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- Book Title
- Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
- Publication Name
- Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
- Title
- Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781869405793
- ISBN
- 9781869405793
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Genre
- Poetry
- Release Date
- 01/02/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- NZ
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Topic
- Australian & Oceanian, General
- Item Weight
- 7.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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Gregory O'Brien's first collection of poems since Afternoon of an Evening Train (2005), Beauties of the Octagonal Pool is centred on the 'octagonal pool' of the Waitemata Harbour. In an eight-armed embrace, Beauties of the Octagonal Pool collects poems written from and out of a variety of times, locations and experiences, from the water-frontages of Fiji, Fiordland and the Mediterranean to the built history of Moscow and Berlin. Gregory O'Brien's poems here - his first collection for seven years - have a thoughtful musicality, a shambling romance, a sense of humour, an eye on the horizon. And in the background, a soft directional chant of possibility: north, northwest, south, southeast, west, southwest, east, northeast. On Raoul Island there is a mechanical rat; in Moscow we encounter a black negligee and an ice-cream vendor; in Sault, a mayor and the Mistral; on Waiheke, the horses of memory thunder down the course; and in Doubtful Sound, the first guitar music heard in New Zealand spills over the waves. A gazing ball, an infinity pool, an endless sea, an organic compass, a contrapuntal spring, a glorious parrot, a bounded harbour - the octagonal pool might reflect where we've been to, or where we are going. This is a good place to be marooned.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Auckland University Press
ISBN-10
186940579x
ISBN-13
9781869405793
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038761418
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Australian & Oceanian, General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Poetry
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9639.3.O27
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"Once again, O'Brien has proved that he's a magician with words. If his earlier book on contemporary New Zealand art for young (and not so young), Welcome to the South Seas , was a hit, this sequel is sheer magic . . . . Many other art writers could learn much from O'Brien's approach. Readers, meanwhile, can revel in one of the year's best art books." -Christopher Moor, Press , on Back and Beyond, "Once again, O'Brien has proved that he's a magician with words. If his earlier book on contemporary New Zealand art for young (and not so young), Welcome to the South Seas , was a hit, this sequel is sheer magic . . . . Many other art writers could learn much from O'Brien's approach. Readers, meanwhile, can revel in one of the year's best art books." Christopher Moor, Press , on Back and Beyond, "Once again, O'Brien has proved that he's a magician with words. If his earlier book on contemporary New Zealand art for young (and not so young), Welcome to the South Seas , was a hit, this sequel is sheer magic . . . . Many other art writers could learn much from O'Brien's approach. Readers, meanwhile, can revel in one of the year's best art books." --Christopher Moor, Press , on Back and Beyond
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
821.92
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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