Wildly comic, erotic, and perverse, Rikki Ducornet’s dazzling
novel, Phosphor in Dreamland, explores the relationship between
power and madness, nature and its exploitation, pornography and
art, innocence and depravity. Set on the imaginary Caribbean island
of Birdland, the novel takes the form of a series of letters from a
current resident to an old friend describing the island’s
seventeenth-century history that brings together the violent
Inquisition, the thoughtless extinction of the island’s exotic
fauna, and the amorous story of the deformed
artist-philosopher-inventor Phosphor and his impassioned,
obsessional love for the beautiful Extravaganza. The Jade Cabinet,
Ducornet’s novel that was a finalist for the National Book
Critics Circle Award, was described by one reviewer as “Jane
Austen meets Angela Carter via Lewis Carroll.” Phosphor in
Dreamland can be described as Jonathan Swift meets Angela Carter
via Jorge Luis Borges. This is Ducornet at her magical best.
General
| Imprint: |
Dalkey Archive Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Rikki Ducornet
|
| Dimensions: |
215 x 139mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-62897-443-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-62897-443-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781628974430 |
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