| Mexican Journal Contributor(s): Page, P. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889843643 ISBN-13: 9780889843646 Publisher: Porcupine's Quill OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Travel | Mexico - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015462637 |
| Series: Collected Works of P K Page |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.7" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Mexican Journal, P. K. Page recounts her experiences as wife to the Canadian ambassador to Mexico in the early 1960s. Raw, bluntly honest and at times painfully intense, the journal entries expose Page's attempts to overcome troubling phobias and spiritual barrenness. Over time, she discovers colour amid the darkness, immersing herself in Mexican culture, surrealism, and, most importantly, the mystical teachings of Sufism, which would inform her spiritual life for the rest of her career. |
Contributor Bio(s): Page, P. K.: - P. K. Page wrote some of the best poems published in Canada over the last seven decades. In addition to winning the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1957, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1999. She was the author of more than two dozen books, including ten volumes of poetry, a novel, short stories, eight books for children, and two memoirs based on her extended stays in Brazil and Mexico with her husband Arthur Irwin, who served in those countries as the Canadian Ambassador. In addition to writing, Page painted, under the name P. K. Irwin. She mounted one-woman shows in Mexico and Canada. Her work was also exhibited in various group shows, and is represented in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Victoria Art Gallery, among others. A two-volume edition of Page's collected poems, The Hidden Room (Porcupine's Quill), was published in 1997, and the full range of her richly varie |