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Karenin Sings the Blues is a meditation sparked by the actors in Tolstoy''s 19th-century masterpiece, Anna Karenina. Entering this famous saga of derailed love, McCartney explores the repercussions and unintended consequences of Anna and Vronsky''s passion. Here, Anna Karenina''s cuckolded husband sings the blues, but Count Vronsky, too, bemoans his disappointed expectations. McCartney imagines the anxieties of Anna''s children, the self-absorption of busybodies and in-laws, the ambivalence of servants and friends sucked into Anna''s romantic vortex. Set at the height of the industrial age, the roar of the train and the pounding rhythm and flying soot of the steam locomotive epitomize the vigour of McCartney''s poems. The same vigour and clear vision characterize the California poems, which deal with McCartney''s youth in urban southern California. Domestic chaos amid cultural inanity creates turmoil and fear. How is it possible to love a distant mother, a father off somewhere with a t

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      Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2003
      ISBN13: 9780864923721, 978-0864923721
      ISBN10: 864923724
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      Karenin Sings the Blues is a meditation sparked by the actors in Tolstoy''s 19th-century masterpiece, Anna Karenina. Entering this famous saga of derailed love, McCartney explores the repercussions and unintended consequences of Anna and Vronsky''s passion. Here, Anna Karenina''s cuckolded husband sings the blues, but Count Vronsky, too, bemoans his disappointed expectations. McCartney imagines the anxieties of Anna''s children, the self-absorption of busybodies and in-laws, the ambivalence of servants and friends sucked into Anna''s romantic vortex. Set at the height of the industrial age, the roar of the train and the pounding rhythm and flying soot of the steam locomotive epitomize the vigour of McCartney''s poems. The same vigour and clear vision characterize the California poems, which deal with McCartney''s youth in urban southern California. Domestic chaos amid cultural inanity creates turmoil and fear. How is it possible to love a distant mother, a father off somewhere with a t

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