Description
Discover the transformative essence of **After the Demolition**, a profound collection of poems by Zenobia Frost that navigates the philosophical inquiries of reality and duality. This **BRAND NEW** book, published in 2019 by Cordite Publishing, delves into themes of rebuilding and remembrance after the ruins of our living spaces. With an **ISBN of 9780648511625**, Frost's work is an enchanting blend of antipodean neo-Gothic elements entwined with a quirky, queer, feminist perspective. Readers are invited to explore the layers of female corporeality within this engaging **poetic journey**.
As you immerse yourself in Frost's world, you will discover that she offers not just a collection of poems, but numerous pathways—including metaphorical fire exits and imaginative windows—inviting you to experience the landscape of emotional attachment and the scars left by past abodes. The poem collection prompts us to ponder the **proofs of stability** we seek in a life of constant change, resonating with the potent notion that our memories shape our identities.
**After the Demolition** does more than reflect on what we leave behind; it challenges us to embrace moving forward, engaging constructively with nostalgia and the echoes of our past lives. This unique work is more than poetry; it is a lens to view the complex relationships we maintain with our homes, selves, and memories.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780648511625
Year: 2019
Publisher: Cordite Publishing
Description:
Philosophical questions of reality and duality underpin many of the poems in Zenobia Frost's After the Demolition, leading to a sense of rebuilding and remembrance in the aftermath of abodes. Frost's poetic is a kind of antipodean neo-Gothic, interjecting female corporeality into a quirky, queer, feminist alter-poetic for living and dwelling.
'This book has multiple fire exits. This book has too many keys. You can climb through a window into this book. Some of these poems are not on the lease, and you are willing to take it all the way to the Residential Tenancies Authority.
InThe Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard says 'a house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability'. These poems ask what proofs of stability we build when our homes and selves are in perpetual flux.
After the Demolitionis about rebuilding as much as it is about taking apart. It is about moving, and about moving on – what we leave behind, and what we attach more firmly to ourselves. When a place is gone – because we've given the keys back, or because the locks are lopped off – our attachment can drive us towards saudade, nostalgia, replication. We mythologise the flaws of our past haunts and past lives, and this determines the ways we start over when everything is air rights.' — Zenobia Frost
As you immerse yourself in Frost's world, you will discover that she offers not just a collection of poems, but numerous pathways—including metaphorical fire exits and imaginative windows—inviting you to experience the landscape of emotional attachment and the scars left by past abodes. The poem collection prompts us to ponder the **proofs of stability** we seek in a life of constant change, resonating with the potent notion that our memories shape our identities.
**After the Demolition** does more than reflect on what we leave behind; it challenges us to embrace moving forward, engaging constructively with nostalgia and the echoes of our past lives. This unique work is more than poetry; it is a lens to view the complex relationships we maintain with our homes, selves, and memories.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780648511625
Year: 2019
Publisher: Cordite Publishing
Description:
Philosophical questions of reality and duality underpin many of the poems in Zenobia Frost's After the Demolition, leading to a sense of rebuilding and remembrance in the aftermath of abodes. Frost's poetic is a kind of antipodean neo-Gothic, interjecting female corporeality into a quirky, queer, feminist alter-poetic for living and dwelling.
'This book has multiple fire exits. This book has too many keys. You can climb through a window into this book. Some of these poems are not on the lease, and you are willing to take it all the way to the Residential Tenancies Authority.
InThe Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard says 'a house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability'. These poems ask what proofs of stability we build when our homes and selves are in perpetual flux.
After the Demolitionis about rebuilding as much as it is about taking apart. It is about moving, and about moving on – what we leave behind, and what we attach more firmly to ourselves. When a place is gone – because we've given the keys back, or because the locks are lopped off – our attachment can drive us towards saudade, nostalgia, replication. We mythologise the flaws of our past haunts and past lives, and this determines the ways we start over when everything is air rights.' — Zenobia Frost