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by: Natasha Trethewey
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.6
EAN: 9781555973599
ISBN: 1555973590
Label: Graywolf Press
Manufacturer: Graywolf Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: April 01, 2002
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Sales Rank: 347167
Studio: Graywolf Press
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Selected as a '2003 Notable Book' by the American Library Association
In the early 1900s, E.J. Bellocq photographed prostitutes in the red-light district of New Orleans. His remarkable, candid photos inspired Natasha Trethewey to imagine the life of Ophelia, the subject of her stunning second collection of poems. With elegant precision, Ophelia tells of her life on display: her white father whose approval she earns by standing very still; the brothel Madame who tells her to act like a statue while the gentlemen callers choose; and finally the camera, which not only captures her body, but also offers a glimpse into her soul.
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Rating:  - Ophelia's Gone
This book implies to be a photo book with poems. The only photo is on the cover. It also doesn't say anywhere in the book that the poems aren't by the prostitutes either. It gives a date and photo name, as if to be a source for the poem. It implies that its a collection of poems by the prostitutes themselves. There should have been a statement that it's fiction.
Rating:  - Rare is the book that is too short.
Natasha Trethewey, Bellocq's Ophelia (Graywolf Press, 2002)
A very slim volume, this, running under forty pages; it's more of a chapbook than a book, or would be had not Graywolf poured a professional amount of money into its publication. Whether the work deserved it or not is, of course, subject to argument (as it is with all books of poetry); but I get the feeling that even the most hardcore reader and collector of poetry is going to have a hard time shelling out the average price ... Read More
Rating:  - A complete novel told in a series of verses
Bellocq's Ophelia by Natasha Trethewey is a complete novel told in a series of verses inspired by the early 1900 E. J. Bellocq photographs of prostitutes in the red-light district of new Orleans. Bellocq's Ophelia is the imaginative and original tale of a woman who's brothel Madame tells her to act like statue on display for the male patrons of the establishment. Bellocq - April 1911: There comes a quiet man now to my room--/Papa Bellocq, his camera on his back./He wants nothing, he says, but to ... Read More
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