From the Boghole and the Beldame |
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Author:
| Ruocco, Joanna |
ISBN: | 978-0-9967933-7-7 |
Publication Date: | May 2016 |
Publisher: | The Lune
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.00 |
Book Description:
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No. 12, a previously unpublished selection from Joanna Ruocco's The Boghole and the Beldame, is a pastoral hallucination--more spell than story--that harks back to the waking/walking life of an archetypal dreamer. Afoot in the muck of language itself, Ruocco paints a thicket in which every shimmering growth baffles the landscape. The characters--creatures, figures, names--in The Boghole and the Beldame lean against time, pluck it for quills, wring its veins for blue, and blush black....
More DescriptionNo. 12, a previously unpublished selection from Joanna Ruocco's The Boghole and the Beldame, is a pastoral hallucination--more spell than story--that harks back to the waking/walking life of an archetypal dreamer. Afoot in the muck of language itself, Ruocco paints a thicket in which every shimmering growth baffles the landscape. The characters--creatures, figures, names--in The Boghole and the Beldame lean against time, pluck it for quills, wring its veins for blue, and blush black. Ruocco knows language like the tongue knows teeth. Here is a gateway to everywhere.