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War Cantata- Child Object [2010]
(Talonbooks, Vancouver: 2014) 18.95$
Original
Résumé War Cantata revolves around the nature of war and more specifically around how the impulse to violence is transmitted one generation to the next. A father teaches his son hate to transform him into a soldier impervious to pity. Without focussing on a particular war or soldier this harsh, intense, choral text exposes war’s spiral of hatred. It builds the rhythmic power of words to give characters their weight in flesh and blood. Extrait « THE FATHER : My rifle’s eye stares at you. | You stand in front of your house | as if your skeleton | could protect it from my shadow. | Go back. | Look at your house. | It is falling into ruins, | riddled with our bullets. | Your door is a lie | which fools no one. | What are you thinking? | That you can stop me from going in? | What are you protecting with your carcass? | Who are you hiding behind your door? | Get out. Get out of my way! | I want to talk to your son. | Because you do have one.» |
