Celebratory or eligiac, these poems record the author's "two-headed journey" to root herself - geographically and emotionally - in the world. Becker's poems are from remote and familiar outposts: the watery evanescence of Venice contrasts with the desert of the American Southwest; we lean with her over the rim of a canyon or stand back to study a Giacometti sculpture. From such settings arise poems on the death of a sibling, the consoling power of painting and sculpture; others celebrate the erotic and the capacity of the female body for pleasure and pain.
| ISBN: | 9780822954286 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 1990 |
| Author: | Robin Becker |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 80 pages |
| Series: | Pitt Poetry Series |
| Genres: |
Poetry |
Celebratory or eligiac, these poems record the author's "two-headed journey" to root herself - geographically and emotionally - in the world. Becker's poems are from remote and familiar outposts: the watery evanescence of Venice contrasts with the desert of the American Southwest; we lean with her over the rim of a canyon or stand back to study a Giacometti sculpture.
Giacometti's Dog features in the following genres: Poetry
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Giacometti's Dog was written by Robin Becker and published by University of Pittsburgh Press
Giacometti's Dog has 80 pages
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