Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread: Poems - Ava Leavell Haymon - Books - Louisiana State University Press - 9780807135853 - March 1, 2010
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Ava Leavell Haymon
Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread: Poems

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In Ava Leavell Haymon's third collection, an unremarkable, harried, contemporary woman named Gretel finds herself at midlife overtaken by the Grimms' household tale "Hansel and Gretel." The violence and terror in that story supplant the memory of her own childhood, and the fairy tale retells itself in a sharp succession of surprising poems. The witch, the sugar house, Gretel's brother, her passive father, his cruel second wife, the sinister forest--all these and more rise like jazz motifs to play themselves in the present. Addressing themes such as hunger, child abuse, betrayal, cannibalism, and murder in a tone by turns disturbing and humorous, Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread is most certainly not a book for children.

72 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 1, 2010
ISBN13 9780807135853
Publishers Louisiana State University Press
Pages 72
Dimensions 139 × 224 × 11 mm   ·   236 g
Language English  

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