The broken book / Fiona Farrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrell, Fiona.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes--Poetry.

Earthquakes.

Farrell, Fiona, 1947-.

Farrell, Fiona.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A mix of poetry and prose, this compilation by New Zealand's Fiona Ferrell is simultaneously a memoir, a meandering travel book, and a poetry collection. Demonstrating how a natural disaster can turn a life upside down in an instant, this book consists of four essays about walking, interrupted by poems about the Christchurch earthquakes and their aftermath. Funny, timely, and deeply personal, it will resonate with a wide range of readers due to its references to France, Dunedin, Christchurch, Robert Louis Stevenson, Katherine Mansfield, and Volt

Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Contents; The walks; The quake poems; Preamble May 2011; 1 Twigs; A walk in the Cévennes September 2009; 2 The horse; 3 The crack; 4 The door; 5 The tarp; A walk to the Winter Palace Menton, September 2009; 6 The seventh floor at the Millennium; 7 The fall of empires; 8 The beautiful morning; 9 The tins; 10 Black and white; A walk to the Botanic Gardens Dunedin, May 2010; 11 Lipstick; 12 The table; 13 The plumber; 14 The joke; 15 The poem that is like a city; 16 Julia at Tai Tapu; A walk on shaky ground Christchurch, September 2010/February 2011; 17 Flowers; 18 Panegyric

19 The suitcaseEpilogue May 2011; 20 The teacups; 21 The limit; Works consulted; Copyright; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2013).

ISBN:

1-86940-587-0

1-77558-633-2

OCLC:

863822565