Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete: Volume 58 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780228005810)

Thyme clings, high / and away from the grazing and scents / the air.Island reality is interconnected with live-retrieved memories in which a nurse follows a violent patient into the northern Canadian bush, a migrant mother faces her new job as the village butcher, an Ojibway man is forced to walk a dangerous route home alone, teenagers loot the local dump to build their mother's wheelchair, and an electrician watches a woman play a grand piano on a ballfield.A (re)creation of the surreality and altered time within deep states of grieving, Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete juxtaposes sorrow with fragmentary unapologetic joy. Eleonore Schmaier forges compelling symphonic resonances between European musical encounters and a northern working-class childhood. By centring her experiential empathy on a history of racism and poverty, she guides us into better ways of being. Intimate reflections are contrasted with geopolitical and environmental concerns as Schmaier's fierce intelligence focuses on what is most essential in our lives.The arc of this collection offers a rejuvenating meditation on the meaning of loss and love, highlighted by the lyric beauty of the writing.

Author: Eleonore Schmaier
ISBN-10: 0228005817
ISBN-13: 9780228005810
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.30h x 4.90w x 0.40d