The Given

by Daphne Marlatt

Winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poery Prize Finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award "You remember -- what is it you remember? / the feel of home, that moment of coming into your body. . . " So begins Daphne Marlatt's haunting and multi-layered long poem, which reads with all the urgency and depth of a novel. Set in present-day and 1950s Vancouver, The Given begins with the news of a mother's death, then opens up to become an intricate tapestry of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771054580
• ISBN13: 9780771054587
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"