{"product_id":"short-haul-engine-karen-solie-9781894078177","title":"Short Haul Engine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2002 GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2002 DOROTHY LIVESAY POETRY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Solie takes risks with perception and language, risks that pay off in such startling ways that it's hard to believe this is a first book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShort Haul Engine\u003c\/i\u003e is one great twist of fate and fury after another. The writing is clear, striking and open to all sorts of possibilities. Even at their most playful, these poems dive much deeper than initially expected. There's a remarkably dark sense of humour at work here, but tempered with a haunting vulnerability that makes even the sharpest lines tremble.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Too delicate for these dog-days, small, clover-blonde, my sister sews indoors. I ask her to fashion me into something nice, ivory silk. I am a big girl, sunburnt skin like raw meat, sweating two pews in front of the Blessed Virgin\"--from \"Signs Taken for Wonders\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Solie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1894078179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781894078177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brick Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2001 pg. 40","brand":"Karen Solie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148298625279,"sku":"9781894078177","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-haul-engine-karen-solie-9781894078177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}