Carnival of Longing
- Publisher
- Turnstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1989
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888011398
- Publish Date
- Jan 1989
- List Price
- $8.95
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Description
Written in five sections, these poems/prose pemes lament the inadequacy of words to interpret passion and longing, yet, with an exquisite sense of paradox, do so in language remarkable for its poise and elegance.
About the author
Kristjana Gunnars is the author of five cross-generic prose books from Red Deer Press, including The Prowler and The Substance of Forgetting. She is also the author of several books of poetry, including Exiles Among You and Silence of the Country. Her books of short stories are The Axe's Edge and The Guest House. Gunnars has been a professor of Creative Writing at the University of Alberta since 1990, and is no living on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
