A masterwork from one of Canadaās most important poets
Referencing the post-war neorealist film by Vittorio De Sica, Mary di Micheleās Bicycle Thieves commemorates her Italian past and her life in Canada through elegy and acts of translation of text and of self.
The collection opens with a kind of hymn to life on the planet, sung from the peak of that urban island, Montreal ā an attempt to see beyond death. The book moves into a sequence of poems described by Sharon Thesen as the poet āenvisioning the passage of time under the āfull and waningā moon of Mount Royalās beacon cross, recalling her Italian immigrant parents in Toronto and her current life in Montreal [. . .] a sort of Decameron.ā
Thesenās description is apt for the collection as a whole, which moves into the poetās autobiography ā in search of catharsis through literature ā and pays tributes to poets who have been part of the literary landscape di Michele now inhabits. Bicycle Thieves is poetry as time machine, transcending the borders between life and death, language and culture.
This book title, Bicycle Thieves, ISBN: 9781770413702, by Mary di Michele, published by ECW Press (April 11, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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