Orrery - by Donna Kane (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A new poetry collection from Donna Kane, inspired by the Pioneer 10 space probe.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Orrery </i>is a collection that orbits around the theme of Pioneer 10, an American space probe launched in 1972 to study Jupiter's moons. Having achieved many firsts before reaching Jupiter and a few more after being hurled away from the solar system, the probe was retired in 2003 when NASA stopped sending signals to it, leaving it to wander alone through deep space.</p> <p>On a trajectory that may long outlast Earth, Pioneer has transformed from a finite object into an infinite one, a muddling of the mundane and the sublime, of mortality and immortality, that is echoed throughout the collection: "I could have been a dancer, a stunt double, / and you, Pioneer 10, a pop can, a pie plate, / a gear driving the orrery of all you sail beyond." Inhabiting the perceived imaginative and philosophical space of the probe, Kane's poems ignite a radical empathy in which human beings, caterpillars, stars, animal bones and other hunks of the material stuff of the universe are seen to share a common condition.</p> <p>Exploring ideas of materiality, consciousness, transformation and space travel, <i>Orrery </i>is as exquisite as its namesake, a compact vision of our world that helps us to orient ourselves in time and space, inspiring wonder.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"At the heart of everything is mystery, Kane reminds us. And that mystery is itself a kind of beauty ..."<br><br>"Kane is a master when it comes to creating a wall of restraint behind which a reader can sense intensity."<br><br>"Kane manages to make the leap from concrete details of her northern British Columbia environment to abstraction and transcendent thoughts seemingly without effort."<br>
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