Book of water /
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos's Book of Water is a collection of short stories about desire, fear, life, care and ecological anxiety, all narrated through the physical and metaphysical presence of water. This water is not the open, bucolic water of the romantic imagination. It is the clau...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Eris,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First English edition. |
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| Summary: | Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos's Book of Water is a collection of short stories about desire, fear, life, care and ecological anxiety, all narrated through the physical and metaphysical presence of water. This water is not the open, bucolic water of the romantic imagination. It is the claustrophobic water of the deep seabed, the flooded cities, the womb. It is a water that brings oblivion, serenity and salvation. At first impression, the stories are narrated by a multiplicity of voices preoccupied with everyday psychological situations. At some point, however, the quotidian withdraws and gives way to surreal and disorienting moments of ethical, political, psychoanalytical, ecological and personal challenges. The book is a literary response to the current geological epoch of the Anthropocene, where the effect of the human presence on the planet and its various elements seems by now irreversible. The bodies in this collection are not limited to the human, nonhuman and inhuman alike centre in the stories. The protagonist, however, remains the body of water. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Greece by Thines in 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1912475197 9781912475193 |