Dominican Moon - Softcover
Composed like a dark novel-in-verse, Dominican Moon is the second book in Ken Norris’s travel trilogy. With Dante as his guide, he leaves behind the predominantly European terrain of the first book in this series, Limbo Road, and finds himself in the terra incognita” of the Caribbean Sea.
On his own contemporary voyage of discovery of the island of Hispaniola, the new world” Columbus discovered in 1492, Norris encounters seductive lovers and moon-haunted tropical nights, dark Dominican rum and winter baseball, sugar cane fields and the city of shortstops.”
At the heart of the book is an unsettling story of the deficiencies of love of a perhaps not so divine comedy of those who didn’t love enough steeped in a clash of cultures wherein the third world willingly, even perversely, offers itself up as a farm-team for the first, fueled by the cataclysm of that other third world export, cocaine.
On his own contemporary voyage of discovery of the island of Hispaniola, the new world” Columbus discovered in 1492, Norris encounters seductive lovers and moon-haunted tropical nights, dark Dominican rum and winter baseball, sugar cane fields and the city of shortstops.”
At the heart of the book is an unsettling story of the deficiencies of love of a perhaps not so divine comedy of those who didn’t love enough steeped in a clash of cultures wherein the third world willingly, even perversely, offers itself up as a farm-team for the first, fueled by the cataclysm of that other third world export, cocaine.
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About the Author:
Ken Norris
Ken Norris was born in New York City in 1951. He immigrated to Canada in the early 1970s and quickly became one of Montreal’s infamous Véhicule Poets. One of Canada’s most prolific poets, Norris has always given his readers subtly capricious and edgy poetry that reveals unanticipated possibilities and explores new horizons. He is the author of two dozen books and chapbooks of poetry and is the editor of eight anthologies of poetry and poetics.
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Ken Norris was born in New York City in 1951. He immigrated to Canada in the early 1970s and quickly became one of Montreal’s infamous Véhicule Poets. One of Canada’s most prolific poets, Norris has always given his readers subtly capricious and edgy poetry that reveals unanticipated possibilities and explores new horizons. He is the author of two dozen books and chapbooks of poetry and is the editor of eight anthologies of poetry and poetics.
"Ken Norris...has been hailed as Canada’s premier romantic poet."
― Toronto Star
"One of the best poets of his generation."
― Matrix
"Ken Norris has been hailed as Canada’s premier romantic poet."
Toronto Star
"One of the best poets of his generation."
Matrix
― Toronto Star
"One of the best poets of his generation."
― Matrix
"Ken Norris has been hailed as Canada’s premier romantic poet."
Toronto Star
"One of the best poets of his generation."
Matrix
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- PublisherTalonbooks
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0889225265
- ISBN 13 9780889225268
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
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