From Library Journal
Few long poems combine the narrative and poetic modes as successfully as this complex, powerfully moving tale, which profiles an impoverished and abused young woman from Kentucky whose only redemption is the "life she imagined from a book of poems"--namely, the work of Robinson Jeffers. His imagery echoes in Jarman's text and transforms Iris's dreary homes (in Western Kentucky, then Los Angeles) into a transcendent world: slicked-down hair shines "like a wallet"; the road becomes a "mottled snakeskin." The poem concludes with Iris reaching the end of her quest at Jeffers's magical seaside house and tower. A rich, seductive reading experience; the pages fairly turn themselves. Strongly recommended.
- Daniel L. Guillory, Millikin Univ., Decatur, Ill.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
- Daniel L. Guillory, Millikin Univ., Decatur, Ill.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
