LEADER 03311nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910819163003321 005 20240514035326.0 010 $a0-7022-3811-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000053091 035 $a(EBL)775334 035 $a(OCoLC)763156140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644681 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11417639 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644681 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680352 035 $a(PQKB)11030604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC775334 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL775334 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10497460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL534584 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000053091 100 $a20111029d2010 uy p 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn absence of saints /$fRosanna Licari 210 $aSt. Lucia, Qld. $cUQP$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (108 p.) 225 1 $aThe Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott poetry prize series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7022-3843-0 327 $aCover; About The Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; 1. Istria; My grandmother's orchard, Istria, 1939; Uncle Pepi the mechanic, Istria, 1945; Tyrol, Austria, 1917; Skirmish, 1942; The last weeks of the war, Istria, 1945; Missing; Sofia visits the clairvoyant, 1946; Zia Daria in Toukley Hospital; Zia's lesson on how to make gnocchi; Mediterranean mosaic; A glimpse of water; 2. Botany Bay; Banks' tattoo; Botany Bay I; Snapshots of Father; Hunters and collectors; Strangers; Lineage; Lesson; Botany Bay II; Under the flight path, Mascot; Two photographs: notes; Offerings 327 $aHis friend sang fuoco, fuochettoIn the deep end; Mangroves at Nudgee; Fortunato at the funeral parlour; Olivia after the funeral; Hemispheres; Bus stop, Banksmeadow; Sea urchins; 3. Lazarus at the beach; Antemeridian; Lazarus at the beach; The Wet; Photography of coastlines; Finding yourself here; The future as an island; Cyclone; Arrival; Variations in travel; Postmeridian, Frigiliana, Spain; A metallic night song; An absence of saints; In the east the war continues, Croatia, 1995; Death in summer; Sea lover; Good Friday; A mild night; Marcus Beach; A note for the past 327 $aLines written after lunch Drive; Sleepless since a car sped by; Sunshine Beach; Orleigh Park; Evening at Byron Bay; Plantings; Notes; Acknowledgments 330 $aA circle of vermillion flares into petals of yellow and white. These colored tesserae, a contrast to the dull sea of roof tiles below. A train rattles in the distance and then Rapallo fades from my memory. At the heart of this exciting debut collection is the impulse to explore: family history in Europe, migration to Australia, the contours of memory and desire. Exquisite lyric and deft narrative illuminate history's mosaics and brilliant shards of lost time. 410 0$aArts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize series. 606 $aAustralian poetry$y21st century 615 0$aAustralian poetry 676 $a821.4 700 $aLicari$b Rosanna$01701769 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819163003321 996 $aAn absence of saints$94085768 997 $aUNINA