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American Scream: Palindrome Apocalypse
What is America? For renowned Croatian poet Dubravka Oraic Tolic, it is "what is born from our dreams without our knowing." As Columbus' dream of reaching India was interrupted by the discovery of a new land, we too discover unexpected lands in pursuit of our dreams. These new lands are the reality of our hopeful voyages. "American Scream" explores the tension between a na...more
Paperback, 227 pages
Published
November 1st 2005
by Ooligan Press
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I love when poetry uses metaphors that haunt my mind for days after my initial reading. This book of translated poetry still grips me years after I read it. I was so taken by the following passage that I had no choice but to put it on the back cover: "America is what is born / From our dreams without our knowing / America is what happens to us / On the way to India." Like good ol' Columbus, we've all set sail in pursuit of a dream, only to discover something unexpected along the way.
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I tried--I really tried. I have a bad track record for finishing books of poetry. But I see that some of my fellow Ooligans have given it good reviews, so I ought to try again. Sometime.
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Dubravka Oraić Tolić (Slavonski Brod, 1943.) studirala filozofiju i ruski jezik s književnošću na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu (1962.-1966.) i Beču (1967.-1969.). Doktorirala tezom “Citatnost. Univerzalni tipovi i povijesni modeli”. Od 1971. do 1998. radi u Zavodu za znanost o književnosti Filozofskoga fakulteta u Zagrebu. Godine 1997. izabrana u znanstveno-nastavno zvanje redovite profesorice...more
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