Day Has No Equal But Night
Poetry, Translations, Rare and Signed

Day Has No Equal But Night

by Anne Hébert


Day Has No Equal But Night was at its time of printing the first book of new poems in 20 years by the most renowned French Canadian poet of the 20th century. Anne Hébert's poems reflect her apocalyptic vision of the death of love as well as the death of the planet. She offers lyrics that germinate from a surreal, socio-political landscape on the cusp of the millennium.

This is a first printing of the first edition. Cloth binding with dust jacket. Copies have been archived at Boa Editions since publication and are in fine condition with minimal shelf wearing. Unread. Ideal collector's copy.

Available in limited quantity.

FormatHardcover
Publication DateJanuary 1, 1994
ISBN9781880238042

$75.00

About the Author

Anne Hébert

About the Author

Anne Hébert was a Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once for poetry. Her work has been translated into seven languages and her novels are recognized as masterpieces of contemporary French fiction. She worked for Radio Canada and the National Film Board of Canada, and in 1960 was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Hébert died in 2000.

 

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