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Layton, Irving

The Whole Bloody Bird (Obs, Aphs & Pomes)

McClelland & Stewart, 1969

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Year of publication
1969
Place of printing
Toronto
Author
Layton, Irving
Publishers
McClelland & Stewart
Edition
1st Canadian Edition
Keyword
Canadian poetry
Cover description
Fine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Given a Canada Council Grant in 1967 Irving Layton went to Greece, Israel, India and Nepal. The result is"One way of regarding this book is to think of my 1968 journal as exploding into obersvations, aphorisms and Poems.I decided to publish excerpts and selections. I thought that, flanked by poems, mostly written this year, that they might add up to a revealing picture of one man's experience of 1968" It includes his Greek poems from Lesbos. 161p, ndex