- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (Sep 23 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0771086695
- ISBN-13: 978-0771086694
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 626 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #818,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“A series of flawless and breathtaking poems.…The world between the covers of this book is shown in all its brilliant excess, in verse which is splendid in its dazzling self-control, stunning in its restraint.”
–Hungry Mind Review
“The poems shine with the crystalline brilliance of gems in the sunlight.”
–Kitchener-Waterloo Record
“An exquisite book of poems: elegant, precise, restrained, classical.…”
–The Malahat Review
“The poems reveal beauty, decay, deceit, destruction and an overpowering lust for beauty and power.”
–Quarry
–Hungry Mind Review
“The poems shine with the crystalline brilliance of gems in the sunlight.”
–Kitchener-Waterloo Record
“An exquisite book of poems: elegant, precise, restrained, classical.…”
–The Malahat Review
“The poems reveal beauty, decay, deceit, destruction and an overpowering lust for beauty and power.”
–Quarry
Product Description
An internationally celebrated novelist today, Jane Urquhart began her literary career as a poet. Some Other Garden brings together in a special new edition, illustrated by the beautiful photographs of Jennifer Dickson, two of Urquhart’s early poetry collections. These poems centre on another time and place while vividly evoking life in the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, as seen through the dispassionate eyes of one of his most influential mistresses, Madame de Montespan. Set amidst the ornate gardens and backrooms of the palace of Versailles, the poems brilliantly map the play of desire, vanity, dominance, and mortality that transpires within a king’s garden.
From the chateau at Marly and the machinations of the court at Versailles, to the worms that play their final game of love beneath the statues in the garden, Urquhart renders the intrigues of court and romantic entanglement with startling imagery and astonishing craftsmanship. Some Other Garden is a dazzling work of imagination from one of Canada’s most beloved writers.
From the chateau at Marly and the machinations of the court at Versailles, to the worms that play their final game of love beneath the statues in the garden, Urquhart renders the intrigues of court and romantic entanglement with startling imagery and astonishing craftsmanship. Some Other Garden is a dazzling work of imagination from one of Canada’s most beloved writers.
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