Hornbooks of Rita K. (Currents in Canadian Literature) [Paperback]

Robert Kroetsch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0888643721 | ISBN-13: 978-0888643728 | Publication Date: August 31, 1997

The Hornbooks of Rita K, Robert Kroetsch's first volume of new poetry in more than a decade, is a brilliant collection of mysterious fragments. Where has Rita gone and who is reconstructing her oeuvre? Written with wit and playfulness, Hornbooks is a welcome new work from one of Canada's best writers.

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From the Back Cover

Poet Rita Kleinhart disappeared from the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt on June 26, l992 at age fifty-five. She has not been seen alive since. All that remains of Rita are mounds of poems: finished, unfinished, and unfinishable. But where has Rita gone? As her “intimate friend” Raymond sorts through the papers in her abandoned ranch house, the fragments whirl and dissolve into a mystery, a romance, a primer, a fiction. Written with wit and playfulness, The Hornbooks of Rita K is a welcome new work from one of Canada’s leading writers. Home is a door that opens inward only. So how will you get out, stranger? I say to myself. Perhaps I was only suggesting, she said, smiling mischievously, that words are a lock, not a key. Then how do you explain, I said, not smiling at all, that every time I peek in at your keyhole, I get a shiner? [Hornbook #40]

About the Author

Robert Kroetsch was born in Heisler, Alberta, and published his first novel, But We are Exiles in 1965. His The Studhorse Man won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction.He has steadily elaborated his indelible mark on Canadian writing ever since with his fiction, nonfiction, poetry, teaching, and scholarship. He lives in Leduc, Alberta.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press (August 31, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0888643721
• ISBN-13: 978-0888643728
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,228,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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