How could I have imagined so surrealist and seductive a world? One does not like the heat, yet its constancy, its all-surroundingness, is as fascinating as the smell of musk. Every moment is slow, as if under warm greenish water....' In 1957, Page moved to Brazil with her husband, the Canadian ambassador. The hot, lush landscape was utterly immersive -- and for the next three years Page recorded her life in an intimate, vibrant, startlingly funny journal. Between her at times theatric responsibilities as the wife of an ...
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How could I have imagined so surrealist and seductive a world? One does not like the heat, yet its constancy, its all-surroundingness, is as fascinating as the smell of musk. Every moment is slow, as if under warm greenish water....' In 1957, Page moved to Brazil with her husband, the Canadian ambassador. The hot, lush landscape was utterly immersive -- and for the next three years Page recorded her life in an intimate, vibrant, startlingly funny journal. Between her at times theatric responsibilities as the wife of an ambassador, and her futile attempts to organize the ambassador's palatial home and staff, Page found the time to write in exquisite prose of her responses to the wildlife, the people and the colours of Brazil, in the end illuminating more of her own emotional and artistic journey than of the country itself. Accompanied by several of the illustrations Page created while on her travels, this is a fascinating, beautiful account of life in a magically unfamiliar place. "Brazilian Journal" is the second addition to a series of volumes to be published over the next ten years as a complement to an online hypermedia edition of the "Collected Works of P.K. Page." The online edition is intended for scholarly research, while this new edition offers a beautiful text to be enjoyed by those who love and wonder at the talent of one of Canada's greatest poets.
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Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $7.99, good condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Key Porter Books.
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Fair. 0886191807. Signed by author. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Wrapper wear. Spotting to endpapers and inside of wrapper. PO name in ink on ffep.; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches; 241 pages.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $12.99, good condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Key Porter Books.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $12.99, fair condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Key Porter Books.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by Hourglass Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Lester & Orpen Dennys.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. Book First Edition stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to card covers; light stain to bottom right corner; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; illustrated with both black and white and colour reproductions of P.K. Pages paintings; some association value since the copy was one presented to historian Irene Howard from poet Beth Jankola.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1987 by L. & O. Dennys.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $22.99, fair condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Key Porter Books.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by Hourglass Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Lester & Orpen Dennys.
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Very Good+ No Jacket as Issued. Book First Edition stated on verso of title page; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with both black and white and colour reproductions of P.K. Page's paintings.
Add this copy of Brazilian Journal to cart. $27.00, like new condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 2011 by Porcupine's Quill.
Add this copy of Title: Brazilian Journal to cart. $51.52, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1987 by Lester & Orpen Dennys.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
