Description: Immersion by Mary Mackey Isolated in a remote field station in a tropical rainforest in the late 1960s, a young woman named Kirsten wages a desperate struggle for intellectual, spiritual, personal, and sexual liberation from her biologist husband who views her as a piece of property and the creatures of the rainforest as specimens to be killed and catalogued. The result of this tangle of adultery and relentless tropical heat leads to murder, but of an unexpected victim. First published in 1972 by Alta Gerrys legendary Shameless Hussy Press, Immersion was a ground-breaking novel written in a style simultaneously cinematic, poetic, and hallucinatory. "A must read . . . Mackey has written a story with prose that flows like poetry. Beautiful even in tragedy." -Coral Russell, Alchemy of Scrawl FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Isolated in a remote field station in a tropical rainforest in the late 1960s, a young woman named Kirsten wages a desperate struggle for intellectual, spiritual, personal, and sexual liberation from her biologist husband who views her as a piece of property and the creatures of the rainforest as specimens to be killed and catalogued. The result of this tangle of adultery and relentless tropical heat leads to murder, but of an unexpected victim. First published in 1972 by Alta Gerrys legendary Shameless Hussy Press, Immersion was a ground-breaking novel written in a style simultaneously cinematic, poetic, and hallucinatory. "A must read . . . Mackey has written a story with prose that flows like poetry. Beautiful even in tragedy." -Coral Russell, Alchemy of Scrawl Author Biography Mary Mackey received a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The University of Michigan. Her published works include six collections of poetry, including BREAKING THE FEVER (Marsh Hawk Press, 2006) and SUGAR ZONE (Marsh Hawk Press, 2011) and twelve novels. Her poems have been praised by Wendell Berry, Jane Hirshfield, Dennis Nurkse, Ron Hansen, Dennis Schmitz, and Marge Piercy for their beauty, precision, originality, and extraordinary range. Three times Garrison Keillor has featured her poetry on his programThe Writers Almanac. Mackeys work has been translated into tw Details ISBN1475981899 Author Mary Mackey Short Title IMMERSION Pages 130 Language English ISBN-10 1475981899 ISBN-13 9781475981896 Media Book Format Paperback Residence Berkeley Sacramento, CA, US DEWEY FIC Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-03-20 Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Imprint iUniverse Publisher iUniverse UK Release Date 2013-03-20 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:84530733;
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Book Title: Immersion
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Author: Mary Mackey
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Language: English
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Publication Year: 2013
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Number of Pages: 130 Pages