O Resplandor

by Erín Moure

This brilliant collection explores the idea that the act of reading is a practice of embodiment, containing all the experiences of the body itself: love, splendor, travel, doubling, and loss. The resplandor of the title refers to the radiance of the body when the language of the book flows into ears and eyes. As Moure explains, We call this moment 'reading, ' and in reading we stop and reverse time, explode geographies, inhabit others, and resurrect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887848141
• ISBN13: 9780887848148
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: House of Anansi Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 7.9"