| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (77 pages) |
| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 17, 2013). |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; PART ONE: WANTED ON THE VOYAGE; A Sanctuary of Trespass; Medusa in the Leaves; The Piano Tuner Tuning the Piano; Fishing with my Father; Ring Boxes; Lament; Protocol at a Sicilian Funeral; Midway on its Migration; Ala; My Grandfather's Rain Barrels; Seven Months at Sea; Voice of a Woman; Alejandra Pizarnik; Eunice Odio; Window on the World; First Night of Snow; Fruit Tree Suite; Crabapple Wine; The God of Longevity in the Orchard of the Moment; Snail on a Ripe Tomato; Church Demolition; Halcyon Days; The Last Lesson; Bambocciade. |
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The Botany of WordsRioja; After a Summer Storm; Maple Keys; Granada; Roman Coins; Aquarius; Natural Magic; PART TWO: THE SOCCER POEMS; The Goalkeeper; The Soccer Ball; Dynamo Zagreb vs. Red Star Belgrade; Pelé; Hard Lines; World Cup Commentator; Free Kicks; The Last Save; Jewish Soccer Stars; Fog-bound Game; PART THREE: SHORE EXCURSIONS; Amazon; At the Shedd Aquarium; Nightfall, Mojave Desert; The Sybil of Montreal's Greek Town; The Chelsea Hotel; Arab Woman; New Binoculars; PART FOUR: LOST LUGGAGE; Birthright; Victoria Boulevard; Black Bill; One Nail; A Drunk Stonemason; On a Moon Gate Wall. |
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Sun Halo on the Ides of March, 2008Acknowledgements; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Journeys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems. |
| Subject |
Poetry.
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Canadian poetry -- 21st century.
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Poetry, Modern.
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FICTION -- General.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ala, Salvatore. Lost Luggage. New York : Biblioasis, ©2012 9781897231951 |
| ISBN |
9781927428498 (electronic bk.) |
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1927428491 (electronic bk.) |
| Music No. |
EB00652445 Recorded Books |
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