Review\
A native of Newfoundland, Crummey puts travel and alienation at the center of his sixth book, summoning personae from the Devil to the Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer (the passengers of the title, perhaps) to evoke an outsiderâs perspective. â New York Times\
In the impressive number of unusual but apt similes and metaphors ... Crummey strikes a compelling balance in tone, writing with both affection and a note of wearied cynicism about the world around him. â Quill and Quire\
The sixth and, on the surface, most innovative poetry collection from Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michael Crummey.\
Eclectic, unpredictable, and strange, Passengers follows Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer on an imagined circumnavigation of Newfoundland; traces the island escapades of Lucifer from the time of his arrival as a stowaway in the Middle Ages; and wanders the pre-pandemic cities of Europe, touching down in Stockholmâs ABBA museum, the Belfast Public Library, Austriaâs plague cemeteries, and the Czech Republicâs Punkva Caves.
Widely considered âone of Canada's finest writersâ (Globe and Mail), Crummey is noted for the immediacy and emotional impact of his poetry and fiction and for his ability to raise the vernacular to planes of âexquisite beauty.â\
Part travelogue, part archeological dig, Passengers is an eccentric guide to the wild geography, folklore, and misbegotten history of the human heart.
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Publisher : House of Anansi Press
Author : Crummey, Michael
Language : English
Published :2022-08-02
Number Of Pages : 128
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1487011253
ISBN-13 : 9781487011253
Item weight : 0.51 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.91 in x 7.99 in
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