Villa Negativa - by Sharon McCartney (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"How can we know who we are when we can never step away from ourselves? Villa Negativa posits that we can only know what we are not and explores that conundrum against the backdrop of a sibling's illness and death, an eating disorder and a couple of really dismal dating relationships. Though it could be sombre territory, Villa Negativa looks for the laughter behind the darkness: the housebreaker who takes off her shoes first, the fabricator whose most intimate relationship is with fibreglass, the anorexic who sends the Diet Coke back because it tastes too good."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong><em>With less content in my life<br /> I am infinitely more content</em></strong></p> <p>Against the backdrop of a sibling's death, an eating disorder, and a few very dismal dating relationships, <em>Villa Negativa</em> looks for laughter behind darkness: the intruder who politely removes her shoes, the fabricator whose closest relationship is with fibreglass, the anorexic who sends the Diet Coke back because it tastes too good. Meditative and mischievous, confessional and philosophical, sincere and sly by turns, Sharon McCartney's seventh collection articulates an essential truth of self-knowledge--that "to perceive something, we have to be able / to stand away from it."</p> <p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong>Praise for Sharon McCartney</strong></p> <p>"Part satire, part self-examination, and far more layered than it first appears. Working largely in free verse... moving between levity and sincerity in a short span... The collection is brilliant: short, sharp, and eminently readable. Although it is a quick read, it is a deeply satisfying one."--<strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em> (starred review)</strong></p> <p>"So much is revealed in so few words ... It's a book that feels light, but its delivery is heavy, and worthy of contemplation ... McCartney is merciless in exposing vulnerability, but also builds an intimacy integral to <em>Metanoia</em>'s achievement."--<strong><em>Quill & Quire</em> (starred review)</strong></p> <p>"You don't read these poems, you feel them: Hammer in the head, shod foot on the throat, stiletto in the heart. It's those combos of wild, piercing insights (or unusual but poignant images); yep, that's what makes it good for you-or kills you, laughing."--<strong>George Elliott Clarke</strong></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><em>Villa Negativa</em> is Sharon McCartney's seventh volume of poetry. Her previous books include <em>Metanoia </em>(2016, Biblioasis), <em>Hard Ass</em> (2013, Palimpsest), <em>For and Against</em> (2010, Goose Lane Editions), <em>The Love Song of Laura Ingalls Wilder</em> (2007, Nightwood Editions), <em>Karenin Sings the Blues</em> (2003, Goose Lane Editions) and <em>Under the Abdominal Wall</em> (1999, Anvil Press). Sharon's poems have been included in several editions of <em>The Best Canadian Poetry in English</em>. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop and an LL.B. from the University of Victoria and currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta.</p>
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