Rat Jelly
by ONDAATJE, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Rat Jelly is a collection of Ondaatje's poetry, all written between 1967 and 1973. These poems are predominately self-reflexive and explore the relationship between life and art, domestic and personal conflicts, and the destructive potential of artistic inclination. Some poems in this collection: ‘Letters and other worlds’, ‘King Kong meets Wallace Stevens’, ‘Spider blues’, ‘“The gate in his head”’, ‘Burning hills’, ‘White dwarfs’,
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 432643
- Title
- Rat Jelly
- Author
- ONDAATJE, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Coach House
- Place of Publication
- (Toronto)
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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