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| Title | : | Dreaming My Animal Selves/Le Songe de Mes Ames Animales |
| Author | : | Helene Cardona |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 80 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2013 by Salmon Poetry (first published 2013) |
| Categories | : | Poetry |
Helene Cardona
Paperback | Pages: 80 pages Rating: 4.79 | 99 Users | 47 Reviews
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Dreaming My Animal Selves is an intriguingly surreal journey through myth, legend, fantasy, and more - all guided by a shape-shifting narrator searching far and wide for cosmic unity within the discontinuous landscape of dream and the dreamy, fragmented quality of the everyday world. The dual-language text (English and French) works to heighten the narrator's shifting perceptions, symbol by symbol, vision by vision.Winner of the USA Best Book Award in Poetry, the Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book, and the Reader's Favorite Book Award in Poetry. International Book Awards and Julie Suk Award in Poetry Finalist.
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| Original Title: | Dreaming My Animal Selves / Le Songe de mes Âmes Animales |
| ISBN: | 1908836393 (ISBN13: 9781908836397) |
| Edition Language: | Multiple languages |
| Literary Awards: | London Book Festival for Poetry (Honorable Mention) (2013), New York Book Festival for Poetry (Honorable Mention) (2015), Paris Book Festival for Poetry (Honorable Mention) (2015), USA Best Book Award for Poetry (2015), San Francisco Book Festival Nominee for Poetry (Honorable Mention) (2015) International Book Awards Nominee for Poetry (Finalist) (2015), Readers' Favorite Book Award for Poetry - General (Silver) (2014), Great Midwest Book Festival for Poetry (Honorable Mention) (2013), Amsterdam Book Festival for Poetry (Honorable Mention) (2015) |
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Ratings: 4.79 From 99 Users | 47 ReviewsComment On Containing Books Dreaming My Animal Selves/Le Songe de Mes Ames Animales
"Dreaming My Animal Selves" ... the title intrigued me. Helene Cardona, the author, is a woman I truly admire. This book was a must read for me.Helenes musical side can been heard, and you can feel the animals breathing, as her higher conscious is delivered through the verses. The ambience of her loved ones lives through her, as they awaken the magic in her subconscious mind. I feel that Helene Cardona is living her dreams, allowing her soul to drive her through this life. Its refreshing toHelene Cardona is the daughter of the Spanish poet Jose Manuel Cardona, whose work she has translated and published in various literary magazines. She is multilingual and a citizen of the U. S., France, and Spain. Since birth she has been groomed to write poetry in several different languages and to view the world from multiple cultural viewpoints. Her latest book, Dreaming My Animal Selves, was first written in English and then translated into French by Helene. The English and French versions
This is a beautiful book and Helene is a wonderfully talented writer. Be sure to read it!!!
These are lush, lyrically gorgeous poems written with the interior house of dreams present throughout, rich and potent metaphorical messages assimilated along the lines of possibility and depth. Cardona is a poet to watch, a singer to hear, a voice that rings with refreshing capabilities! My only desire was that the book was longer, yet left wanting more is a great sign!
"Dreaming My Animal Selves" ... the title intrigued me. Helene Cardona, the author, is a woman I truly admire. This book was a must read for me.Helenes musical side can been heard, and you can feel the animals breathing, as her higher conscious is delivered through the verses. The ambience of her loved ones lives through her, as they awaken the magic in her subconscious mind. I feel that Helene Cardona is living her dreams, allowing her soul to drive her through this life. Its refreshing to
Into the liminal space between dreams and conscious thought slips this slim enchantment. I read these poems aloud in French, then silently in English, and once I came to the end, I turned back and started again. Whispers wake me.I return homebehind a procession of swansto an island in the heart of Paris.On the cliffs where the wild ones come . . .What happens in the mind, in the mouth, when language changes? Does the essence of the poem remain, or is something else entirely other conjured from
When I first read this book I thought to myself "what a great book of poetry that she wrote here" and then I decided to go through it again, one story at a time. It was only then that I realised that every single story were linked, as a whole story by itself, between the realms of dreams and expectations of life. It's been a while since I haven't read such a poetry that powerful cause not only Helene allows ourselves to get into her magic words, but also she puts her guts out there, telling
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