Enter the cross-cultural tale of gusto and enchantment, adaptation and loss, preserving the old ways of making a life. Presented in six acts with intermissions and curtain calls, it is a new form of literature presented in interactive libretto form. Read it silently, read it out loud, or step upon the imaginary stage of all life to commandeer the operatic recitative called sing/speak.Il Vagabondois a love story-an opera rusticana of the people, by the people, for the people. It is all true.
“A small percentage of the population has lived in or have visited the Arctic. A few have visited Canadian Forces Station, ALERT. They have been forever changed by the experience. The long flight over uninhabited wilderness, muskeg, tundra and glaciers: the expansive timelessness, starkness and beauty of the landscape, and the challenge of the work and isolation can have a spiritual effect on a person as they may better sense their place, time, and fragility in the universe.Good Enough from Here, about a young man’s summer in ALERT, hit home as authentic. It resonated with my experiences at ALERT and while visiting other norther radar sites and construction camps. I invite military readers, all those who served at ALERT, their families and all those who have heard about ALERT or are interested in one young man’s norer adventure to read this book” —Major Scott Munn, retired, M. Eng, CD, RMCBook
Glenn Carley is the author ofPolenta at Midnight: Tales of Gusto and Enchantment in North York, andGood Enough From Here.His stories have appeared inItalian Canadians at Table: A Narrative Feast in Five Coursesand inAccenti Magazine. A retired chief social worker, Glenn lives in Bolton Ontario with his wife, Mary. Their family is blessed with a daughter, son and daughter-in-law.
A rare type of literature of a new avant garde genre: literature presented as Installation Art in ‘libretto folƒ¸
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