By Nicole Brossard
"White Piano holds an acute experience of what poetry is, its hazard. . . . Brossard understands good that 'life is barely sturdy for dwelling' and that dwelling is incarnated within the fabric of language, that sounds, these providers of feel, can propel it in entrance of the world." – Le Devoir
Between the verbs quivering and streaming, White Piano unfolds its adaptations like musical rankings. Pronouns and people, poetry and prose: White Piano, beautifully translated from the French, narrates a constellation of questions and provides a "language that cultivates its personal craters of fireplace and savoir-vie."
Nicole Brossard is one among North America's premiere practitioners of cutting edge writing.
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