An Absence of Saints

By Rosanna Licari

POETRY

108 Pages, 5 x 7.5

Formats: PDF

PDF, $12.99 (US $12.99) (CA $12.99)

Publication Date: April 2011

ISBN 9780702238116

Rights: WOR

University Of Queensland Press (Apr 2011)
University of Queensland Press

Not yet published. Ships 4/1/2011.

Overview

Filled with exquisite lyrical and narrative poems, this thought-provoking collection explores a variety of themes, including the sense of belonging, the human condition, family, being a stranger, love and desire, and beginnings and endings. Divided into three sections delineating the author's preoccupations with her family history in Europe, childhood, and the acquisition and processing of experience, this compilation—inspired by the poet’s mother, Sofia, who is the subject of several works—also offers insight into life after immigration to Australia.

Reviews

“A poetry of evocation—of time, distance and intimacy—where actions are refracted through objects and emotions coalesce in the lacunae of the commonplace.” —Louis Armand, poet, Letters from Ausland

“Licari has a magical ability to respond to—and then express—the essential strangeness, not only of objects and places but of our experience of life itself.” —Martin Duwell, Australian Poetry Review

Author Biography

Rosanna Licari is a poet, the founding editor and publisher of the online poetry journal Stylus, and the former codirector of the Queensland Poetry Festival. She is the recipient of the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.

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