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Unmarked Doors

by (author) Inge Israel

Publisher
Ronsdale Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1992
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921870166
    Publish Date
    Sep 1992
    List Price
    $10.95

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Description

In this rich collection of new poems, Inge Israel draws upon the many voices of her past - Russian, German, Danish, Irish, French and English - to open some of history's unmarked doors. Among her most powerful recreations is that of Nora Joyce, in a dramatic monologue that shows us her famous husband in a wholly new light.

About the author

Born in Frankfurt of Russo-Polish parents, Inge Israel spent her childhood and adolescence mostly in Paris and Dublin. In Canada since 1958, she makes her permanent home in Edmonton, while continuing to travel widely and spending extended periods of time in Dublin, Paris, Cambridge and other places. Fluent in four languages Israel has written extensively for radio; her work has been broadcast by the BBC and CBC French and English Networks. A six-months’ stay in Japan inspired Raking Zen Furrows (Ronsdale, 1991), her fourth book of poetry and her first in English. Also published by Ronsdale Press are Unmarked Doors (1992) and Rifts in the Visible, her seventh book.

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