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ISBN 1-896860-46-X Chainsaws in the Cathedral
(poetry) 21.95
published 1999 156 pages
Chainsaws in the Cathedral gathers together the finest of Peter
Trowers poems about the friendships and dangers of the West Coast
logging life. The poems reveal Trowers marvellous tonal range, his
ear attuned to the rhythms of the flesh and the wilderness. |
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ISBN 978-1-897430-26-2 Hellhound on His
Trail & Other Stories (memoir/stories) 22.95
published 2008 220 pages
Peter Trower toiled in the freelance trenches for many years, hawking
magazine features and newspaper columns to make ends meet. This collection
represents some of his best writing from those publications, at turns
humourous and heartbreaking, ribald and reflective. Real stories with
real characters, told by someone who was really there. |
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ISBN 1-896860-22-2 Hitting the Bricks
(poetry) 12.95
published 1997 94 pages
Hitting the Bricks is a hymn of praise to the other Vancouver,
that of back alleys and midnight streets. They are the poems of a man
who walks avenues in the dark, his ear attuned to an inner jazz and the
things that go bop in the night. |
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ISBN 1-896860-77-X A Ship Called Destiny:
Yvonnes Book (poetry) 15.95
published 2000 118 pages
Poignant and personal but never sentimental, the poems in A Ship Called
Destiny tell the story of a life-long romance. In these poems Trower
realizes the souls completion, finding at last a pervading
sense of unity in love. |
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ISBN 1-894800-05-2 There Are Many Ways
(poetry) 18.95
published 2002 120 pages
In There Are Many Ways Jack Wises early surreal pen and
ink compositions are a fascinating complement to the thundering poetry
of Peter Trower. Themes of land, love and memory come alive as Trower
explores a unifying vision of nature and myth rooted deep in the soil. |
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