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Body Clock

Eleni Sikélianòs

2008149 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2008
first published
  • 2008Coffee House Press · 149 pages · ENGISBN 9781566892193

Lauded by Michael Ondaatje as an “unforgettable” writer and praised by *The Washington Post* for her ability to capture “the subtlest shades of the emotional palette,” Eleni Sikelianos now charts the curvature of growth and time, encompassing the bewilderment and delight of a new parent, while mapping the shape of our troubled world. Observing that “what is alive in the body clock is also ticking,” her poems and sketches illustrate the infinite possibilities unfurling as minutes give shape to hours, the body gives shape to a child, and events give shape to history.

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