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Compass of the Dying: Poems
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Compass of the Dying: Poems Hardback - 1998

by Laurence Lieberman

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When Laurence Lieberman writes of Guyana or islands in the Dutch West Indies, he excavates, explores, even exhumes the essence of the place. In the flora and fauna, in the rural cafes and ruins of churches and crypts, in the taste of iguana soup and the look of light through stained glass, Lieberman unfolds an exquisite atlas of the senses.

The awe of encounter, the raw impact, beauty, and sometimes the brutality of both the surroundings and the people fuel this poetry. Whether he meets an iguana hunter, a bricklayer, a witness to the United States-led Grenada invasion, or a classical composer, Lieberman gives the reader a vivid combination of his own wit and surprising observations mingled with the speech of each character.

Folk tales, legends, and island myths play a great role in his newest work. In the eddies of a river in Guyana, Lieberman dares river demons. On the island of Aruba, he hears the chants and work songs of long-dead miners in an abandoned gold mine. He briefly loses himself when he stares into the mirror of a well once frequented by slaves on Bonaire.

Coupled with natural forces--floods, volcanic eruptions, constant rains--these folk tales and the stories of the islanders' lives create a "wedding of sun and rain," and a map to the troves of the Caribbean hidden beneath a rich and often violent history.

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  • Title Compass of the Dying: Poems
  • Author Laurence Lieberman
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 136
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville
  • Publication date 1998
  • ISBN 9781557285096 / 1557285098
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97037473

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