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The Hornbooks of Rita K |
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| By (author): |
Robert Kroetsch |
| ISBN10-13: |
0888643721 : 9780888643728 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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228x133x11mm |
| Pages: |
120 |
| Weight: |
.180 Kg. |
| Published: |
University of Alberta Press - September 2001 |
| List Price: |
16.99 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Poetry : Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 : Literary studies: poetry & poets |
| Poet Rita Kleinhart disappeared from the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt on June 26, l992 at age fifty-five. She has not been seen alive since. All that remains of Rita are mounds of poems: finished, unfinished, and unfinishable. But where has Rita gone? As her "intimate friend" Raymond sorts through the papers in her abandoned ranch house, the fragments whirl and dissolve into a mystery, a romance, a primer, a fiction. Written with wit and playfulness, The Hornbooks of Rita K is a welcome new work from one of Canada's leading writers. Home is a door that opens inward only. So how will you get out, stranger? I say to myself. Perhaps I was only suggesting, she said, smiling mischievously, that words are a lock, not a key. Then how do you explain, I said, not smiling at all, that every time I peek in at your keyhole, I get a shiner? [Hornbook #40] |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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Governor General Award for Poetry - Nomination
2001
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Alberta Book Awards - Nomination, Trade Book of the Year
2002
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Robert Kroetsch has spent his life writing about his favourite place - Alberta. On this week's Trailblazers, we sit down with the famed prairie author who received one of this year's Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Awards.
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"Robert K offers readers a zanily brilliant and hauntingly austere series." Judith Fitzgerald, The Globe & Mail
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"Kroetsch shows how brilliantly a wily intelligence can slip the bonds of expectation to create surprising and challenging new work." Harry Vandervlist, Quill & Quire
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"Intellectually taut and supremely tricky." Shawna Lemay, The Edmonton Journal
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"This book of poetry is a trip--you do not want to miss it." Sheri-D Wilson, ARC: Canada's National Poetry Magazine, Summer 2002
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"In The Hornbooks of Rita K, acclaimed poet and prose writer Robert Kroetsch explored his own alter ego, as well as the idea that regardless of where or how far we wander from our roots, a little corner of home stays with us.... It is a rare treat to encounter an author whose work exudes the confidence to use language so playfully and still tell a story. Typically, Kroetsch laughs off any notion that he is widely regarded as an icon of Canadian literature. 'That's someone else,' he says. But no one else could have written The Hornbooks of Rita K." Vern Clemence, The StarPhoenix
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"Kroetsch's narratives are never traditional. In The Hornbooks of Rita K his story develops by accretion, or the slow process of sedimentation, as Raymond shuffles Rita's poems and his commentary into piles. This shuffling allows Kroetsch's playfulness to shine and offers its own occasion for wry commentary.... The Hornbooks of Rita K marks a welcome return of one of Canada's foremost poets." Richard Henry, SUNY Potsdam, World Literature Today
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"Of all the writers working in Canada today, Robert Kroetsch is perhaps the one who exerts more quiet influence than any other--and on a national scale. A superb mentor, a wonderful editor, and tirelessly generous to the literary community, Robert Kroetsch is a truly outstanding model and mentor as an artist, an intellectual, and an educator. Hundreds of students and writers can attest to his influence." Aritha VanHerk, University of Calgary
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