Woman Drinking Absinthe by Katherine E Young
The poems in Katherine E. Young's Woman Drinking Absinthe concern themselves with transgressions, and the various ways that women in particular can be lured by love into self-delusion and self-harm. From the na ve girl who willfully ignores evidence of Bluebeard's crimes, to Manet's dispirited barmaid at the Folies-Berg re, to the narrator of the book's opening sequence, who sacrifices domestic security for a passionate lover who will eventually abuse her, the women of these poems brush abandon convention at their peril, even though convention also imperils their bodies, their spirits, and their art. In this second collection, Young - whose earlier Day of the Border Guards explored Russian history and literature - continues to employ what she's learned from the great Russian writers she often translates. Like Marina Tsvetaeva, who makes a cameo appearance here, Young finds literary touchstones among sources as varied as German folk tales, Greek drama, and the Old Testament. Whether tracing the elements of Euclidean geometry or the terrain of a Civil War battlefield in Tennessee, these poems ask the hard questions: Why does love fail? How can art come from pain? What heals the soul?| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781942892243 |
| ISBN 10 | 1942892241 |
| Title | Woman Drinking Absinthe |
| Author | Katherine E Young |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Santa Fe Writer's Project |
| Year published | 2021-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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