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Bright Object of Desire
Michele Adams
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Description for Bright Object of Desire
Paperback. From the strange erotics of household appliances to the shock of a child's first encounter with death, this collection explores the borderland between inner and outer realities, creating a sharply etched portrait of fraught consciousness struggling for balance between the pains and sudden pleasures of being alive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149. Weight in Grams: 399.
In this sparkling collection of stories drawn from the surreal edge of life, playful irony vies with more poignant evocations of solitude, mortality, and the dawn of sexual awareness -- all bodied forth in a language that is precise, elegant, and immediate. Storytellers are liars, but as Picasso said, "art is the lie that tells the truth," and deceit is a motif here: lies of omission or commission, in words or in deeds, to gain love or repel it, and beyond, to what our lies tell of the rift between body and soul, dream and fulfillment: the essential, often comical ... Read more
In this sparkling collection of stories drawn from the surreal edge of life, playful irony vies with more poignant evocations of solitude, mortality, and the dawn of sexual awareness -- all bodied forth in a language that is precise, elegant, and immediate. Storytellers are liars, but as Picasso said, "art is the lie that tells the truth," and deceit is a motif here: lies of omission or commission, in words or in deeds, to gain love or repel it, and beyond, to what our lies tell of the rift between body and soul, dream and fulfillment: the essential, often comical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9780973818413
SKU
V9780973818413
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Ref
99-15
About Michele Adams
Michele Adams: Michele Adams' stories have been published in literary journals, dramatized on CBC Radio, and performed at festivals. Her short script, Beachbound, won the CBC/BC Film Signature Shorts 2003 competition, was nominated for a Leo, and is upcoming on CBC television. In addition to writing, she has taught at UBC and SFU, and works as a freelance story editor ... Read more
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