Hail The Invisible Watchman by Alexandra Oliver Paperback Book 9781771964715

A CBC Best Poetry Book of 2022Hail, The Invisible Watchman is haunted poetry-Oliver's formal schemes are as tidy as a picket-fence and as suggestive; behind the charm of rhyme is a vibrant, dark exploration of domestic and social alienation.The poems in Hail, the Invisible Watchman are as tidy as a picket-fence—and as suggestive. Behind the charms of iambs lurks a dark exploration of domestic and social alienation. Metered rhyme sets the tone like a chilling piano score as insidiousness creeps into the neighbourhood. A spectral narrator surveils social gatherings in the town of Sherbet Lake; community members chime in, each revealing their various troubles and hypocrisies; an eerie reimagining of an Ethel Wilson novel follows a young woman into a taboo friendship with an enigmatic divorcéeacute;e. In taut poetic structures across three succinct sections, Alexandra Oliver’s conflation of the mundane and the phantasmagoric produces a scintillating portrait of the suburban uncanny.

Author: Alexandra Oliver Binding: Paperback / softback Format: Paperback / softback Genre: Media > Books > Print Books > Poetry by individual poets Pages: 80 Page Count: 80 Publication Date: 2022 Year of Publication: 2022 Classification: Media > Books > Print Books > Poetry by individual poets Weight: 252 g Publisher: Biblioasis Country of Publication: Canada Package Dimension Length: 21.6 cm Package Dimension Width: 13.9 cm Package Dimension Height: 1 cm ISBN: 9781771964715