I want an ingenious fibre to be treated as funny tragedy expressing
a classic argument against materialism which runs like this: which
changes of costume are bound to be dangerous? The Apothecary is an
extinct fern called a sentence unfurling in the mists. It is also
Lisa Robertson's first book. Originally published in a small
edition by Tsunami Editions in Vancouver in 1991, it quietly
disappeared until it was re-released in 2001 on a
need-to-know-basis. BookThug is now pleased to make this text
available in a more permanent and pleasing edition. The Apothecary
stems from the author's desire to remake the sentence � to let
it be capacious, preposterous, convivial, and hang it from a
pronoun worn like a phantom limb. Robertson wants that ghostly
pronoun to reinvent itself afresh in each sentence. Looking towards
the eighteenth century, sometimes through a lens occasionally
borrowed from contemporary sources, the text of The Apothecary is
precise, intoxicating materia medica dispensed by one of Canada's
most important contemporary posts at the beginning of her career
with the use of florid instruments.
General
Imprint: |
Book Thug
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
February 2006 |
Authors: |
Lisa Robertson
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 140 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
40 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-897388-01-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-897388-01-2 |
Barcode: |
9781897388013 |
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