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I & I First edition
George Elliott Clarke
I & I First edition
George Elliott Clarke
In the "Boogie Nights" era of the 1970s, Betty Browning and her lover, boxer Malcolm Miles, travel from the fog-anchored grime of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to sunburnt Corpus Christi, Texas, and back ? meeting tragedy and bloodshed along the way. I & I smoulders with love, lust, violence, and the excruciating repercussions of racism, sexism, and disgust. Rastafarian for "you and me," "I & I" expresses the oneness of God and man, the oneness of two people or the distinction between body and spirit.
In George Elliott Clarke's hands, this existential aesthetic crystallizes in a love story of Gothic grit. The narrative gives this verse novel shape; the poetry makes it sing, straddling folk ballad, soul, and pop music, all the while moaning the blues.
238 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 30, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780864925138 |
Publishers | Goose Lane Editions |
Pages | 238 |
Dimensions | 216 × 81 × 27 mm · 306 g |
Language | English |
Illustrator | Martin, Lateef |
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