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Hoarse Legend

by (author) Corrado Paina

Publisher
Mansfield Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1998
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894469029
    Publish Date
    Jan 1998
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

In Hoarse Legend, Corrado Paina plunges into the maelstrom of language and race to bring back an evocative report of what is found there. His poems are an incisive critique of a culture that fears difference, yet the cities he describes are splendid in their diversity. This work engages with contemporary multicultural city life and themes of personal and social identity from a refreshing, unsentimental perspective. Hoarse Legend is a wake-up call to see and celebrate the individuality around us.

About the author

Corrado Paina lives and writes in Toronto. He is published in Canada by Mansfield Press: Hoarse Legend (2000), The Dowry of Education (2004), The Alphabet of the Traveler (2006), and Souls in Plain Clothes (2008). He was the editor of College Street -- Little Italy Toronto's Renaissance Strip, a finalist for the Toronto Heritage Award. In Italy he has published a collection of short stories entitled di corsa (Monteleone/Mapograph -- Vibo Valentia), the novel tra Rothko e tre finestre (Ibiskos), the collections of poetry tempo rubato (Atelier 14 -- Milano) darsena inquinata (Moderata durant -- Latina), l'alfabeto del viaggiatore (Silvio Editrice) and Abecedario (with etchings by Sandro Martini, printed by Paolo Nava).

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Editorial Reviews

Hoarse Legend is an intriguing book and Paina a very satisfying stylist.Ó (Winnipeg Free Press)

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