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The Lives of the Saints
The poems -- witty, sly, sensitive, and immensely informed -- trace the spiritual inquiries of a series of linked personae adrift in bodies and a world made toxic by the residues of scientific experimentation. Paola’s dramatic monologues begin and end with the same fictional narrator, a wry, cynical, cake-baking woman who, on learning of the atomic structure of all matter, begins a lifetime of questioning.
At times blasphemous, at times poignant and humorous, these voices are never less than heartbreakingly human, and the words they utter chill with their honesty. The Lives of the Saints is a stark, wise, meticulously researched book by a writer whose reputation leaps forward with each publication.
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Reviews
"The richness of The Lives of the Saints eludes description..At its best, what [it] is about is the breaking of one realm into another, and this it exemplifies with rare intelligence and a language as passionate and clear as lived faith once must have been."—Water-Stone
"A definite must for anyone interested in interwoven styles and themes, not to mention carefully crafted poems that resonate with not only great beauty but power and wit as well..Paola's poems deserve to be admired: a good book to hide inside the torn-off cover of a hymnal while at church."—The Adirondack Review
"Suzanne Paola's collection reveals an amazing mind. Her words flow in their own directions, bringing insight, taking us on arcane journeys to familiar places suddenly redolent with new understanding. This is devotional poetry of a new sort."—Salem Statesman-Journal
University of Washington Press | |
Pacific Northwest Poetry Series | |
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Hardback | |
October 1, 2002 | |
9780295982724 | |
English | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.6 Pounds (US) | |
$20.00 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Paperback / softback | |
October 1, 2002 | |
9780295982731 | |
English | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.3 Pounds (US) | |
$14.95 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
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Generous Thinking