| Description |
1 online resource (100 pages) |
| Series |
The Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott poetry prize series |
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Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Istria -- My grandmother's orchard, Istria, 1939 -- Uncle Pepi the mechanic, Istria, 1945 -- Tyrol, Austria, 1917 -- Skirmish, 1942 -- The last weeks of the war, Istria, 1945 -- Missing -- Sofia visits the clairvoyant, 1946 -- Zia Daria in Toukley Hospital -- Zia's lesson on how to make gnocchi -- Mediterranean mosaic -- A glimpse of water -- 2. Botany Bay -- Banks' tattoo -- Botany Bay I -- Snapshots of Father -- Hunters and collectors -- Strangers -- Lineage -- Lesson -- Botany Bay II -- Under the flight path, Mascot -- Two photographs: notes -- Offerings -- His friend sang fuoco, fuochetto -- In the deep end -- Mangroves at Nudgee -- Fortunato at the funeral parlour -- Olivia after the funeral -- Hemispheres -- Bus stop, Banksmeadow -- Sea urchins -- 3. Lazarus at the beach -- Antemeridian -- Lazarus at the beach -- The Wet -- Photography of coastlines -- Finding yourself here -- The future as an island -- Cyclone -- Arrival |
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Note continued: Variations in travel -- Postmeridian, Frigiliana, Spain -- A metallic night song -- An absence of saints -- In the east the war continues, Croatia, 1995 -- Death in summer -- Sea lover -- Good Friday -- A mild night -- Marcus Beach -- A note for the past -- Lines written after lunch -- Drive -- Sleepless since a car sped by -- Sunshine Beach -- Orleigh Park -- Evening at Byron Bay -- Plantings |
| Summary |
A circle of vermillion flares into petals of yellow and white. These colored tesserae, a contrast to the dull sea of roof tiles below. A train rattles in the distance and then Rapallo fades from my memory. At the heart of this exciting debut collection is the impulse to explore: family history in Europe, migration to Australia, the contours of memory and desire. Exquisite lyric and deft narrative illuminate history's mosaics and brilliant shards of lost time |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian poetry -- 21st century
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FICTION -- General.
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POETRY -- General.
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Australian poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780702238116 |
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0702238112 |
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1306033330 |
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9781306033336 |
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0702238430 |
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9780702238437 |
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