The Weight of Oranges/Miner's Pond [Paperback]

Anne Michaels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 1997

Prior to her stunning début novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels had already won prizes and acclaim for her two poetry collections. The Weight of Oranges and Miner’s Pond are now brought back into print in this one-volume collector’s edition.

Published in 1986, The Weight of Oranges created a sensation, garnering the kind of praise rarely accorded a first book of poems. It went on to win the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas. Miner’s Pond appeared in 1991 and received the Canadian Authors Association Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Trillium Award.

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Prior to her stunning début novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels had already won prizes and acclaim for her two poetry collections. The Weight of Oranges and Miner's Pond are now brought back into print in this one-volume collector's edition.

Published in 1986, The Weight of Oranges created a sensation, garnering the kind of praise rarely accorded a first book of poems. It went on to win the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas. Miner's Pond appeared in 1991 and received the Canadian Authors Association Award, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Trillium Award.

About the Author

Anne Michaels is the author of three highly acclaimed poetry collections: The Weight of Oranges (1986), which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas; Miner’s Pond (1991), which received the Canadian Authors Association Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award (these two volumes were published in a single-volume edition in 1997); and Skin Divers (1999).

Fugitive Pieces (1996) is Anne Michaels’ multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling first novel. In Canada, it was #1, and on the national bestseller list for more than two years. The literary prizes the novel has garnered to date are: In Canada, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award; the City of Toronto Book Award; the Martin & Beatrice Fischer Award; the Trillium Book Award; and an Award of Merit from Heritage Toronto. In the U.K., the Guardian Fiction Award; the Jewish Quarterly Prize for Fiction; and the Orange Prize for Fiction. In the U.S., the Harold Ribalow Award and a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. And in Italy, Giuseppe Acerbi Literary Award.

Anne Michaels lives in Toronto, where she is working on her next novel.


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Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (April 5, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771058780
• ISBN-13: 978-0771058783
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good poetry book, July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Weight of Oranges/Miner's Pond (Paperback)

I'm a mexican reader. Iwas at Toronto last year and I bought the Anne Michaels' book. I liked it very much 'cause contents the kind of poetry that I think is the best literature. She writes soft and deep ideas and images anda plays -like in a dream- with the words. I found a Michels' poems in the subway. So after I searched and found the book. I'd like to write to the author. Thanks a lot.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Literary Work, September 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Weight of Oranges/Miner's Pond (Paperback)

Inspiring work that shows how the human spirit can triumph through adversity.Beautifully and sensitively written.A modern masterpiece

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, May 17, 2006

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This review is from: The Weight of Oranges/Miner's Pond (Paperback)

This book is so inspiring and wonderful. Michaels possesses all the qualities of an amazing poet, and her work really shines through in this collection. She is descriptive and sensitive, and it is certainly a must read.