| Contraband of Hoopoe Contributor(s): Chrusciel, Ewa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1890650994 ISBN-13: 9781890650995 Publisher: Omnidawn OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2014013751 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.02" W x 9.08" (0.49 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contraband of Hoopoe explores issues of dislocation, immigration and desire. Chrusciel invents a poetics of smuggling as she crosses national, historical and linguistic borders. The migratory narrative is distinctly errant, haunted by a childhood lived under a Communist regime, by the austerity of Eastern block politics, and by the possibility of discovering a fleeting language to carry the seeds of illicit revelation, spiritual transformation, and insight. The book elevates smuggling to a noble art, recording how the Jewish people were hidden and transported during the Holocaust. Chrusciel tracks a series of historical objects and secret messages that immigrants throughout history have been sneaking through customs, past border checkpoints, and across the seas. |