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Torqueing and tuning his long lines to the demands of rhyme, Carson skitters from Northern Ireland to Romania to the “twin volcanoes—Balalaika, Karaoke,” from the Irish language to the Latin roots of English. In the opening series of alphabet poems, Carson turns the synchronic ABC’s into isolable histories, miniature mysteries that, in sequence, compose a sinister, narrative trajectory, one that may not arrive at an ending, or that may conclude by questioning its beginnings. Meaning itself may fail in its delivery, as the final poem of the sequence “In the morning you open up the envelope. You will get whatever / Message is inside. It is for all time. Its postmark is ‘The Twelfth of Never’” (“Z”). Words and stories proliferate, exuberantly and often hilariously, as Carson makes play of the “work” that is “Opera.”
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover First Edition. Fine soft cover first edition. Carson won T S Eliot prize in 1993 and this volume was a Poetry Society Book Choice. No marks or annotations. No owner inscription. Seller Inventory # 001454
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Paperback. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Laminated illustrated card covers with black and dark blue titling to the spine. No dustjacket as issued. There is a tiny crease line to the front cover near the spine but this is hardly noticeable. Otherwise No Inscriptions or other Marks. 94pp. Notes and Acknowledgements. Apart from the crease line, as mentioned above, This is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy." In its juggling with the nuts and bolts of words, in its obsessive musical sweep, 'Opera Et Cetera' is a tour de force. It is also, sometimes, very funny". ; Poetry Book Society Choice; 8vo 8" - 9". Seller Inventory # 110519
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