Robert Kroetsch

The New World and Finding It

"A gorgeous chapbook, Robert Kroetsch deconstructs yet another myth and pushes the conundrum further up Parnassus."– Gary Geddes

Colophon: 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" book with 28 unnumbered pages with text in original Amethyst; a font designed and digitalized by Jim Rimmer of Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry. Cover; Voice, Sage recycled 80 lb. Triple weight, wrap-around design for cover. Inserted 1/4" spine with title and author letterpressed in green soyabean oil-based ink. Cover letterpressed in green and brown soyabean oil-based ink. Box blind de-bossed in front. Press name embossed on back cover. Cover font; Italian Old Style Roman, 24 pt. cast by Jim Rimmer and 24 pt. Bernhard. Inside text Xeroxed on acid-free Strathmore Elements soft green, 80 lb text. 8 pages of (Glama Natural Clear, 29 lb. chlorine-free & recyclable translucent paper); a laser-printed collage of the author's palm collated between text. Tipped-in colour photograph of two oil paintings by Salt Spring artist Diana Dean: "The Minstrel" and "The Poet" . Endpapers; Torinoko Momi Foil Blue/Grey, 100% sulphite, made in the Fukui Province (Echizen, Japan). Modern interpretation of traditional paper: Torinoko, a smooth silky finished paper and Momi, a hand-crumpled kozo paper. Book handpressed, glued and handsewn with green cotton thread. Signed by the author.

About the Author: Robert Kroetsch was short-listed in 2001 for the Governor General's Award for Poetry for, "The Hornbooks of Rita K." He is the author of many novels and critical essays. He won the Governor General's Award for his novel The Studhorse Man. He lives in Winnipeg.

Awards: Winner of the 2002 bp nichol Chapbook Award.

Edition: Limited numbered edition of 85.

ISBN: 1-896949-14-2

Year: 1999

Price: $85 CDN plus $4.00 shipping