The Sri Lankan loxodrome
By: Will Alexander
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780811218290
Description: "In navigation a loxodrome, or rhumb line, is a line that crosses all meridians at the same angle, maintaining a constant compass direction, a path of constant bearing. The Sri Lankan Loxodrome threads this theme through a series of ecstatic monologues filled with the poet's vast imaginary and intellectual wanderings, and touched by the sufferings of his ongoing battle with cancer. The book culminates in the title poem, which follows a lone Sri Lankan sailor who beheads sea snakes as an ongoing meditation while sailing the expanse of the Indian Ocean. Along the way the traveler meets various African communities as he journeys eastward from Madagascar to Sri Lanka."--Jacket.
Notes: "A New Directions paperbook oroginal, NDP 1154"--P. 4 of cover