num_pages: 128
description: Dionne Brands hypnotic urgent long poem is about the bones of fading cultures and ideas about the living museums of spectacle where these bones are found. At the centre of Ossuaries is the narrative of Yasmine a woman living an underground life fleeing from past actions and regrets in a perpetual state of movement. She leads a solitary clandestine life crossing borders actual (Algiers Cuba Canada) and timeless. Cold-eyed and cynical she contemplates the periodic crises of the contemporary world. This is a work of deep engagement sensuality and ultimate craft from an essential observer of our time and one of the most accomplished poets writing today.
language: English
title: Ossuaries
publisher: McClelland & Stewart