Title: Beautiful chaos
First published: 2000
Description: Sonja Skarstedt’s book is often beautiful but never chaotic. In the title poem, which presents an Apollonian understanding of a Dionysian concert, she encompasses a great deal of the chaos of contemporary life with lucidity. Her feeling for the urban landscapes of Montreal is strong, but she can also evoke the milieu of the American Southwest, as in her suite called “Arizona Circumferences.” Skarstedt has a capacious sensibility and a sharp, image-laden style to express what she imagines and experiences."


Olga Costopoulos-Almon
Canadian Book Review Annual 2001
LC classification: PR9199.3.S4987 B4 2000