Peter Such

Their Breath is the Sky — A Suite of Four Tree Poems

Peter Such's trees are ordinary, noble, and doomed—true denizens of the earth we seem intent on destroying. These elegies are laced with eloquence and fury." – Dennis Lee

Colophon: Cover: Ponderosa Pine 80 lb. cloth- Classic Linen, 25% cotton fiber and recycled. Book, when unfolded is 44" long and 11 5/8" wide. It has four centers and each center fold contains the poem for each tree and a lino-cut. When opened it stands on the table as a grove of trees. 36 pages. Endpapers: Curious Transclucent, gold iridescent 27 lb made in Europe. Text Paper: Augusta Green-Classic Linen 80 lb. text, 25% cotton fiber and recycled. Text set in QuarkXpress and printed on a digital Xerox ...4 two colour lino-cuts per book of a Spruce Tree, Banyan Tree, English Oak and Palm Tree. Lino-cuts printed on a C&P Platen press on 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" Hammermill -Sky 80 lb text paper. Title and author letterpressed on 1/2" spine in Bernhard 18 pt. Modern Roman-black ink. Cover letterpressed in 48 pt. Bernhard in two colours. Book designed, constructed, glued and handstitched by Mona Fertig. Letterpress printing and lino-cuts designed by Peter Haase. Press named embossed on back. When closed with black binding the book is 11 3/4" long x 5" wide. Published in a limited edition of 100, signed and numbered by author.

About the Author: Peter Such is a writer of novels, and other books, plays, poetry, T.V. dramas,documentary films, operas and articles. His novels include Fallout, Riverrun, Dolphin's Wake. He was an editor of Books In Canada and instituted the magazine's first novel award. He is a founding member of The Writers' Union of Canada, Founding Vice President of the Canadian Magazine Publisher's Assoc., Founding Director of the Writers Development Trust and the ACTRA-Screenwriters Guild of Canada. He teaches writing and theatre part time and lives in Victoria BC. He is working on finishing three new novels: Ravines, Forevering, and The Shrapnel Generation. This is his first chapbook of poetry.

Edition: Limited Edition of 100.

ISBN: 1-896949-30-4

Year: 2003

Price: $100 CDN plus $10.00 shipping