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Venous Hum.(Book review)

Publication: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
Publication Date: 22-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Venous Hum. Suzette Mayr. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp, 2004. 231 pp. $21.95 sc.

The title of Suzette Mayr's third novel is catchy: Venous Hum. Its literal and metaphoric significations are obvious enough: technically, the term refers to the sound of vibrations caused by prodigious quantities...

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...of blood rushing through the jugular from the brain to the heart; metaphorically, the title suggests the varied and diverse chords of any life. While these meanings become somewhat intertwined after reading the novel, what is less obvious is whether the overall narrative assembly of these significations aims to be or achieve anything in particular. The novel is, at once, part memoir where "the goo of the past is already splattering" its...

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