A Time in Xanadu,9781556592751

A Time in Xanadu

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ISBN13: 9781556592751
ISBN10: 1556592752
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-06-01
Publisher(s): Copper Canyon Pr
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Summary

Lars Gustafsson--poet, novelist, and philosopher--is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific writers.

Table of Contents

Prologues
Monologue for Some Prince of Denmarkp. 5
Kublai Khan Departs from Xanadup. 6
Reminiscences
The Small Roadsp. 15
Strange Birds Flewp. 16
All Crazy Small Objectsp. 17
Citywide Garage Sale Austin, Texas, 1998p. 19
Senior Highp. 20
How the Winters Once Werep. 21
At the Patriarch's Pondsp. 22
In-between Daysp. 23
Fichte by the Kerosene Lampp. 24
The Art Roomp. 25
Aunt Sveap. 26
Il Castello di Maccastornap. 27
Novodevichy Cemeteryp. 28
Decemberp. 29
Philosophies
Centuries and Minutesp. 33
In the Absence of His Majesty the Kingp. 35
A Men's Choirp. 37
Walk through a Dream Landscapep. 39
In the Shallow Shadow of the Grassp. 40
Morphicap. 41
Conversation with the Deadp. 42
Snow Fantasyp. 43
The Tiredp. 44
To Those Who Wantedp. 45
Das asketische Idealp. 46
Landscapes Mental Statesp. 47
Of Course Superman Is Clark Kentp. 48
Theory of Colors, 1808p. 51
Highly Delayed, Polemical Attack on a Greek Patriarch Totally Unprepared for Such an Eventualityp. 52
Tracesp. 54
And Die Away like a Storm Wind in the Desertp. 55
Minor Godsp. 56
Letter from a Jokerp. 57
The Cambrian Crystal Eyes of Trilobitesp. 58
Fourth Galleryp. 59
Father and Son, on Their Wayp. 61
The Professionp. 62
Wind and Sighing Treesp. 64
Lost Propertyp. 65
And I Came to a Market Squarep. 66
There Will Come a Dayp. 67
The Yellow Rosesp. 68
I Often Dream Herep. 69
Everyday Life
Sleeping with a Cat in the Bedp. 73
Libraries Are a Kind of Subwayp. 74
Ramsberg's Thumbp. 75
The Girlp. 76
Poemes en prose
The Freiburg Dreamp. 79
A World That Once Existedp. 80
The Growing Manp. 81
The Stationary Manp. 82
The River Manp. 83
The Girl in the Supermarketp. 84
Notesp. 85
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