{"product_id":"the-major-verbs-9781550653397","title":"The Major Verbs","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pierre Nepveu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canadian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Nepveu is unique among French Quebec poets for having forged a voice at once unadorned, sensuous and adventurous.\u003cbr\u003eHis new collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Major Verbs\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe book closes with a long meditative poem written in the American southwest.\u003ci\u003e The Major Verbs\u003c\/i\u003e (under its original title, \u003ci\u003eLes Verbes Majeur\u003c\/i\u003e) was nominated for a Governor-General's Award for Poetry in 2010. Nepveu's poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eMirabel\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2003 Governor General Award for its original French-language edition and the 2004\u003cbr\u003eGovernor General Award for Translation (Judith Cowan, \u003cbr\u003etranslator, Signal Editions).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vehicule Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087354749079,"sku":"9781550653397","price":823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781550653397.webp?v=1767640330","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-major-verbs-9781550653397","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}