- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.; 1 edition (Aug 20 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0919897908
- ISBN-13: 978-0919897908
- Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 16.3 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 177 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,942,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska is Erin Noteboom’s remarkable debut collection of poetry. Based on the recollections of a World War II veteran who asks to never have his name put on anything, Ghost Maps introduces us to the intimacies of war with poems sharp as fragments of metal, and soft as falling snow. With a voice that belongs not to the veteran that answered her questions, nor quite to herself, Noteboom pulls forward images of war, following the pulse of the seasons. We read of a hand, unattached to a body and mistaken for a glove; the woman left at home, with German POW’s shoveling snow from her roof; and a soldier stumbling into a beehive. Poems pass through fall and winter, until, in summer, we follow our narrator home. The collection then traces the rest of his life to his later days when he meets with the ’lady researcher’ who collects his stories. Ghost Maps will acquaint readers with ghosts never to be forgotten, in a book that marks the entry of a highly talented new poet.
About the Author
Born in Iowa, Erin Noteboom resides in Kitchener, Ontario, where she works as an editor for The New Quarterly, leads workshops, and writes. Her poetry has appeared in The Malahat Review, PRISM international, and Prairie Fire. She won the CBC Literary Award in 2001, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award in 2004 and was awarded the Acorn/Plantor Award for People’s Poetry for her debut collection, Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully moving!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska (Paperback)
Erin Noteboom is one of the most amazing up and coming poets I have ever come across. Her imagery is delightful and she manages to infuse intense feeling into the reader with every word. I will be anxiously awaiting her next book!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rich, subtle, exquisite! Poetry readers will appreciate,
By Rosemarie O'Connor (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska (Paperback)
its perfection--poetry and non poetry readers will love its soul!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moving poetry,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska (Paperback)
These poems are beautifully and subtly written and moved me to tears. For people who do not usually read contemporary poetry (that includes me actually), you might appreciate the fact that these poems tell a lovely story (about a soldier during World War II, based on his real experiences) in a compelling way. My husband and I could not put this collection down until we finished it! This book of poetry is a great contribution to the body of war poetry and to contemporary poetry in general. You will be moved by it!
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