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The success of Anne Michaels's first novel, Fugitive Pieces, which won both the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction, led quickly to the reissue of her first two collections of poetry, The Weight of Oranges and Miner's Pond. Like her fiction, Michaels's poetry is passionate, intensely visual, and historically aware, and readers who enjoyed Fugitive Pieces will find much of interest here.
The Weight of Oranges, first published in 1985, is, unfortunately, not a strong collection. Michaels's talent is clear but undeveloped, and her poems, despite their luminous details, are rife with pedestrian metaphors and similes that disrupt the energy of the verse. 1991's Miner's Pond, however, redeems the volume, for it is a much tighter and more accomplished collection. Much of it revolves around writers, artists, and scientists (from Osip Mandelstam and Isak Dinesen to Johannes Kepler), especially their experiences of exile or civil repression. Here, Michaels strikes an effective balance between intense imagery and simple statements of the mechanics of life, as in this stanza from "A Lesson from the Earth," her poem about Kepler:
I saw my first eclipse when I was nine, above Emmendingen, the moon rising from the clouds like an infant's head in its web of blood; the last time I held my father's hand.Michaels often treats art and science as equivalent modes of experience. Both value the visionary imagination over the simple acceptance of things as they are said to be. Her transformative sensibility gives the best of these poems a rare force; a sense of the past is retained even in the most autobiographical pieces, such as the title poem of Miner's Pond, which ends: "Our blood is time." --Jack Illingworth
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Prior to her stunning début novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels had already won prizes and acclaim for her two poetry collections. The Weight of Oranges and Miner’s Pond are now brought back into print in this one-volume collector’s edition.
Published in 1986, The Weight of Oranges created a sensation, garnering the kind of praise rarely accorded a first book of poems. It went on to win the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas. Miner’s Pond appeared in 1991 and received the Canadian Authors Association Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Trillium Award.
Published in 1986, The Weight of Oranges created a sensation, garnering the kind of praise rarely accorded a first book of poems. It went on to win the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas. Miner’s Pond appeared in 1991 and received the Canadian Authors Association Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Trillium Award.
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Superb Literary Work,
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Inspiring work that shows how the human spirit can triumph through adversity.Beautifully and sensitively written.A modern masterpiece
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This is a very good poetry book,
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I'm a mexican reader. Iwas at Toronto last year and I bought the Anne Michaels' book. I liked it very much 'cause contents the kind of poetry that I think is the best literature. She writes soft and deep ideas and images anda plays -like in a dream- with the words. I found a Michels' poems in the subway. So after I searched and found the book. I'd like to write to the author. Thanks a lot.
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This is a very good poetry book,
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This review is from: The Weight of Oranges / Miner's Pond (Paperback)
I'm a mexican reader. Iwas at Toronto last year and I bought the Anne Michaels' book. I liked it very much 'cause contents the kind of poetry that I think is the best literature. She writes soft and deep ideas and images anda plays -like in a dream- with the words. I found a Michels' poems in the subway. So after I searched and found the book. I'd like to write to the author. Thanks a lot.
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Superb Literary Work,
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This review is from: The Weight of Oranges / Miner's Pond (Paperback)
Inspiring work that shows how the human spirit can triumph through adversity.Beautifully and sensitively written.A modern masterpiece
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Beautiful,
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This review is from: The Weight of Oranges / Miner's Pond (Paperback)
This book is so inspiring and wonderful. Michaels possesses all the qualities of an amazing poet, and her work really shines through in this collection. She is descriptive and sensitive, and it is certainly a must read.
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