Greg is thirty-three, without a job or a place to live. Hiding from painful memories, he only half-exists, his lethargy a protection against the world. Alice, his Leninist aunt, disturbed by his apathy, sends him to Dorset to help out a friend. Living in the countryside, working for the wildly eccen
To the Occupant
โ Scribed by Emma Neale
- Book ID
- 110666184
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781988592923
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Emma Neale creates shape-shifting poems that confound prejudices and subvert expectations. The striking imagery and emotional range of her work challenge the open and latent violence of contemporary life, from refugee crises to rape, poverty, and mental illness to climate change, while revealing the extraordinary in the everyday. Whimiscal typographical experiments and prose poems sit next to reimagined fables, deliciously light-handed satire, and quietly powerful insights into the contemporary political terrain.
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