FURRY CREEK, A Non-Fiction Novel by Keith Harrison (1st Ed. SIGNED)
FURRY CREEK, A Non-Fiction Novel by Keith Harrison (1st Ed. SIGNED)
Author: Keith Harrison. Published by Oolichan Books, Lantzville, BC., 1999, 1st Edition. SIGNED by the Author on Hornby Island. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inch, 221 pages.
FURRY CREEK, is Keith Harrison's 'non-fiction novel: A True-Life Novel that is a hybrid of court transcripts, letters, literary criticism, poetry, 'quasi-biography' and shards of autobiography described as literary archaeology.
It investigates the murder of the poet Pat Lowther by her husband and also pays homage to her life and work. Harrison first encountered Lowther's writing while teaching poetry at Dawson College in Montreal, prior to Lowther's murder. At the time he was drawn by her West Coast imagery. The attraction to Lowther's poetry remained at the exploratory heart of Furry Creek 25 years later. "The first piece I wrote about her appeared in Canadian Literature," he said. "At the time I didn't want to resolve things into clean sentences and shapely paragraphs. I wanted to stay close to the words, to the sounds of the words. As a scholar and as a novelist, I wanted to bring her life and her place into some kind of resonance. I wanted to write something that would be respectful of her work, but would also be a jumping off place for my own."
For more info on the Author, please see: Keith Harrison, Academic Emeritus | English | Vancouver Island University | Canada (viu.ca)