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Peacock, Molly

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ISBN 10: 0771069766 ISBN 13: 9780771069765

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart, 1999

Riassunto

You can ask that a book tell you a compelling story, that it dazzle you with vivid writing, that its emotional content be pure and stirring, that the issues it tackles be timely, relevant, and put forth with candour and a tonic dose of humour. Paradise, Piece by Piece is such a book.

Molly Peacock is an award-winning writer, and Paradise, Piece by Piece describes the coming of age of a poet and the flowering of her art. It is a self-portrait that speaks to the most intimate questions a woman can ask of herself and answers them with courageous introspection. It is the story of a child who had to grow up too soon; of the complicated web of relationships in which she, like all of us, defines herself – loyal friends, quirky relations, and tempestuous lovers; of the lifelong labour of self-determination, and finding ultimate fulfilment.

Peacock’s language is emotionally charged, full of wit and dead-on accuracy. Her skill with narrative and character, her ability to write a vibrant scene, make her memoir as compelling as good fiction. Paradise, Piece by Piece is a virtuoso performance.

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“Luminous....Peacock’s wisdom, wit, honesty, and sensuality are as exciting as truth.”
–Quill & Quire

“As a poet, Peacock has that rare ability to examine things through words, and here, her life is the subject, a paradise she has uncovered piece by piece, to reveal the garden she has so lovingly cultivated from the bare ground of a troubled childhood....An exhilarating memoir....”
–Kirkus Reviews

“Art and life in service to each other produce the portrait of a woman who, in the vital construction of herself, unpossessively embraces the reader as if the reader were her own liberated child.”
–Marion Woodman

“A singular performance, a wry, tough, altogether remarkable look at a woman who set a clear course, made hard choices and lived by her decisions.”
–London Free Press

“Molly Peacock is an award-winning poet who has written an autobiography that reads more like a classic coming-of-age piece of fiction....An intriguing and convincing memoir.”
–Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

L'autore

Molly Peacock has published four books of poetry; a book about poetry, How to Read a Poem...and Start a Poetry Circle; and a highly acclaimed memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece. She was also co-editor of Poetry in Motion: 100 Poems from the Subways and the Buses (1996).

She was president of the Poetry Society of America from 1989 to 1994, and continues to advise its Poetry in Motion program. Among her honors are fellowships from the Danforth, Ingram Merrill, and Woodrow Wilson foundations, as well as from the National Endowment for the Arts. A former learning specialist at Friends Seminary, she has been poet-in-residence at Bucknell University, University of Western Ontario, and University of California, Riverside.

Her poetry and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, the New Republic, the Paris Review, Elle, and Mirabella.

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0771069766
• ISBN 13: 9780771069765
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352