Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (The Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series) (Volume 58) - Softcover

Schönmaier, Eleonore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0228005817 ISBN 13: 9780228005810

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Thyme clings, high / and away from the grazing and scents / the air.

Island reality is interconnected with live-retrieved memories in which a nurse follows a violent patient into the northern Canadian bush, a migrant mother faces her new job as the village butcher, an Ojibway man is forced to walk a dangerous route home alone, teenagers loot the local dump to build their mother's wheelchair, and an electrician watches a woman play a grand piano on a ballfield.

A (re)creation of the surreality and altered time within deep states of grieving, Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete juxtaposes sorrow with fragmentary unapologetic joy. Eleonore Schönmaier forges compelling symphonic resonances between European musical encounters and a northern working-class childhood. By centring her experiential empathy on a history of racism and poverty, she guides us into better ways of being. Intimate reflections are contrasted with geopolitical and environmental concerns as Schönmaier's fierce intelligence focuses on what is most essential in our lives.

The arc of this collection offers a rejuvenating meditation on the meaning of loss and love, highlighted by the lyric beauty of the writing.

About this title

About the Author

Eleonore Schönmaier is the internationally translated, award-winning author of Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete, Dust Blown Side of the Journey, and Wavelengths of Your Song. She divides her time between Nova Scotia and coastal Europe.

From the Back Cover

Editors: Allan Hepburn and Carolyn Smart

McGill-Queen's University Press is pleased to be the publisher of the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series. Launched in 1998, the series is named in honour of the late Hugh MacLennan, acclaimed Canadian novelist and a poet in his own right. It is funded by proceeds from the intellectual property of Hugh MacLennan's estate, which he donated to McGill University.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0228005817
• ISBN 13: 9780228005810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136