Description
Dive into the profound exploration of love and memory with the **Book of Mother**, a remarkable collection that delves into the intricate dynamics of the mother/son relationship. Written by acclaimed poet **Kit Kelen**, this BRAND NEW edition (ISBN: 9781922571274) was published in 2022 by **Puncher and Wattmann**. Experience a heartfelt journey into the realms of language, consciousness, and the intimate complexities of dementia. This poetry collection serves not only as an emotional tribute to Kelen's mother but also as a powerful reflection on the act of remembering and being remembered. Readers will find themselves immersed in the elegant and evocative language that captures both the nuances of childhood recollections and the aching reality of loss. The book illustrates how words serve as vital connectors to our identities, even in the face of fading memories. **Book of Mother** unravels the beauty and the heartache of our most cherished bonds, leaving readers with a resonant understanding of grief and acceptance.
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: 9781922571274
Year: 2022
Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann
Description:
Book of Mother is an exploration of mother/son relationship and of language and consciousness (as these are entered and left). This book is an intimate encounter with dementia as lived experience. Words are an important way into the world and when we begin to lose them we find ourselves with fewer tools and fewer familiar signs to go by. Phrases lost and tip-of-the-tongue half-forgettings – loose threads like these belong to the everyday business of knowing who we are. They are also the nuts and bolts of Kit Kelen’s poetry.
'This beautifully sustained poetic sequence is a virtuoso work. With his characteristic wit and generosity, Kit Kelen slips lightly between the surreal syntax and loss of meaning of dementia, the broken words of grief and charmed reminiscences of childhood. Heartachingly honest, and always linguistically surprising, a book of mother is like a magic pudding. The slices of its world that are lost are vividly returned as the book ponders the importance of remembering and being remembered, moving between present and past, dream and memory, to become both a profoundly moving celebration of his mother’s life, and the life she has given him.' – Jean Kent
'What happens when the first Other in your life, a being whose existence is so embedded in the deep reaches of your consciousness, begins to lose her own memories, and is eventually erased from this embodied world? How can a son capture such a kaleidoscope of meaning? Kit Kelen takes light and refracts it on the page in this beautiful and loving meditation.' – Beth Spencer
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: 9781922571274
Year: 2022
Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann
Description:
Book of Mother is an exploration of mother/son relationship and of language and consciousness (as these are entered and left). This book is an intimate encounter with dementia as lived experience. Words are an important way into the world and when we begin to lose them we find ourselves with fewer tools and fewer familiar signs to go by. Phrases lost and tip-of-the-tongue half-forgettings – loose threads like these belong to the everyday business of knowing who we are. They are also the nuts and bolts of Kit Kelen’s poetry.
'This beautifully sustained poetic sequence is a virtuoso work. With his characteristic wit and generosity, Kit Kelen slips lightly between the surreal syntax and loss of meaning of dementia, the broken words of grief and charmed reminiscences of childhood. Heartachingly honest, and always linguistically surprising, a book of mother is like a magic pudding. The slices of its world that are lost are vividly returned as the book ponders the importance of remembering and being remembered, moving between present and past, dream and memory, to become both a profoundly moving celebration of his mother’s life, and the life she has given him.' – Jean Kent
'What happens when the first Other in your life, a being whose existence is so embedded in the deep reaches of your consciousness, begins to lose her own memories, and is eventually erased from this embodied world? How can a son capture such a kaleidoscope of meaning? Kit Kelen takes light and refracts it on the page in this beautiful and loving meditation.' – Beth Spencer