When a contemporary curator is commissioned to dress and set the scene in an historic palace, she invites us to enter the medieval world she is constructing, detail upon detail, a reflection of the past: the sumptuous richness of the food, the bejeweled and opinionated court, the fine architecture and bountiful gardens. And at the center of this world, a reluctant King. As we follow this King through his domain, we cannot help but wonder about the roles each of us plays in the theater of life, how our appetites inform our choices and identities, and what hints and fragments of personality we leave in our wake. As you might expect from an award-winning poet, Rebecca Perry works words and sentences with finesse, coaxing forth a story that luxuriates in layers of nuance, a beauty as it unfolds. A feast of a book.
