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Traumatology
Priscila Uppal
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Description for Traumatology
Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
In exploring the topic of health, this collection of poetry tackles a crucial aspect of our lives—but one that is rarely a subject of contemporary art. Playful, satirical, surreal, yet unflinchingly humane, the poems introduce men with wands to patrol their neighborhoods, past selves smuggling themselves aboard airplanes, and unhappy people trying their luck on a psychological wheel of blame.
In exploring the topic of health, this collection of poetry tackles a crucial aspect of our lives—but one that is rarely a subject of contemporary art. Playful, satirical, surreal, yet unflinchingly humane, the poems introduce men with wands to patrol their neighborhoods, past selves smuggling themselves aboard airplanes, and unhappy people trying their luck on a psychological wheel of blame.
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
107
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON, Canada
ISBN
9781550961393
SKU
V9781550961393
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Priscila Uppal
Priscila Uppal is a poet, novelist, and professor at York University. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including Live Coverage and Ontological Necessities, which was shortlisted for the $50,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. She is also the author of two novels and an academic study, We Are What We Mourn: The Contemporary English-Canadian Elegy. She lives in Toronto.
Reviews for Traumatology
“[Uppal]writes poems for which she most likely would have been imprisoned, burnt at the stake, or shot in many countries in the world, both in the distant past and today. Luckily for us, here she is.” —Charles Simic, United States Poet Laureate “The poems bristle with startling imagery and sardonic humour.” —Toronto Star “Both witty and serious, attacking big ... Read more