Poetry
The Major Verbs
- Publisher
- Véhicule Press, “Signal Editions” series
- Published
- October 1, 2012
- Pages
- 72
- Price
- $18.00
- ISBN
- 9781550653397
- Language
- English
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The team behind the book
- Translation
- Donald Winkler
Pierre Nepveu is unique among French Quebec poets for having forged a voice at once unadorned, sensuous and adventurous.His new collection, The Major Verbs,is a masterwork consisting of three sequences: one focussing on an immigrant night cleaner glimpsed on a subway, another, a riff on a group of stones on a table, and the third concerning the poet’s parents and their deaths.The book closes with a long meditative poem written in the American southwest. The Major Verbs [under its original title, Les Verbes Majeur] was nominated for a Governor-General’s Award for Poetry in 2010. Nepveu’s poetry collection, Mirabel won the 2003 Governor General Award for its original French-language edition and the 2004Governor General Award for Translation [Judith Cowan,translator, Signal Editions].
Description from the publisher Véhicule Press, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
Also by Pierre Nepveu
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Un os dans la neige Pierre Nepveu
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The Four-Doored House Pierre Nepveu
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Géographies du pays proche Pierre Nepveu
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Kilomètre zéro Pierre Nepveu
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L’espace caressé par ta voix Pierre Nepveu
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The Hardness of Matter and Water Pierre Nepveu
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La dureté des matières et de l’eau Pierre Nepveu
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We Drove All Day for This Bruce Taylor
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Qaf’s People Sadiqa de Meijer
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My Summer Vacation Zeenat Nagree
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Cannibal Rats Richard Greene
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Morgan’s Castle Jan Hilliard
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How to Move On Joel Yanofsky
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Private Number David Homel
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Fan Mail Jason Guriel
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The Inferno Dante Alighieri
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Quietly, Loving Everyone Curtis John McRae
