Mummyjihad: Volume 273 Contributor(s): Fowler, Earl (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771835087 ISBN-13: 9781771835084 Publisher: Guernica Editions OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2020476195 |
Series: Essential Poets (Ecco) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 150 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An act of introspection, a lifting of the curtain, a gnaw at the jugular, a wisp of the jocular, all this and more in Earl Fowler's reverent and irreverent exposition of the pain and joy of an aged woman from India plopped into a nursing home on the West Coast. Beyond a culture clash, it is a cultural explosion for Mummy, who finds most things and people repugnant, especially the author, The Printer, while she lusts for A&W chicken strips. Fowler's poetic prose is an uber mash of cultural references, from James Joyce to Glen Campbell, Hollywood to Bollywood, Rabindranath Tagore to Sylvia Plath. A tale ingeniously told. |