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How to Be Eaten by a Lion

Af: Michael Johnson Engelsk Paperback

How to Be Eaten by a Lion

Af: Michael Johnson Engelsk Paperback
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From the monk who sets himself on fire in a crowded intersection of Saigon ("the familiar corded tendons of his hands, become / a bracken of ashes, a carbon twine of burnt"), to the salmon run in British Columbia ("The salmon word / for home is glacierdust and once-tall trees unlimbed, / a taste, no matter where, they know"), Johnson writes of topics varied and eclectic, unified by a focus on moments both declining and revenant.


Startling and haunting, the poems delve into the ways in which these moments are transformative, beautiful and unexpected. Being eaten by a lion is a gift rather than a loss, an opportunity for grace: "Instead, focus on your life, / its crimson liquor he grows drunk on. / Notice the way the red highlights his face, / how the snub nose is softened, the lips made / fuller; notice his deft musculature, his rapture."


Lyrical and rich with visceral imagery, How to Be Eaten by a Lion lingers, exploring the world with an eye for detail and an ear for music.

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From the monk who sets himself on fire in a crowded intersection of Saigon ("the familiar corded tendons of his hands, become / a bracken of ashes, a carbon twine of burnt"), to the salmon run in British Columbia ("The salmon word / for home is glacierdust and once-tall trees unlimbed, / a taste, no matter where, they know"), Johnson writes of topics varied and eclectic, unified by a focus on moments both declining and revenant.


Startling and haunting, the poems delve into the ways in which these moments are transformative, beautiful and unexpected. Being eaten by a lion is a gift rather than a loss, an opportunity for grace: "Instead, focus on your life, / its crimson liquor he grows drunk on. / Notice the way the red highlights his face, / how the snub nose is softened, the lips made / fuller; notice his deft musculature, his rapture."


Lyrical and rich with visceral imagery, How to Be Eaten by a Lion lingers, exploring the world with an eye for detail and an ear for music.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9780889713185
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0889713189
Kategori: Lyrik af en forfatter
Udg. Dato: 26 maj 2016
Længde: 9mm
Bredde: 204mm
Højde: 143mm
Forlag: Nightwood Editions
Oplagsdato: 26 maj 2016
Forfatter(e): Michael Johnson
Forfatter(e) Michael Johnson

Kategori Lyrik af en forfatter

ISBN-13 9780889713185

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 96

Udgave

Længde 9mm

Bredde 204mm

Højde 143mm

Udg. Dato 26 maj 2016

Oplagsdato 26 maj 2016

Forlag Nightwood Editions