Aseroë
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Published
New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781942658788, 1942658788
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cambridge - Adult | FICTION Dominique, Francois | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781942658788, 1942658788
Notes
General Note
Aseroë was originally published in French in 1992 as Aséroé by POL éditeur.
Description
"Aseroë, the mushroom, as object of fascination. First observed in Tasmania and South Africa, it appeared suddenly in France in 1920, at which time it was believed by some to be used for witchcraft and even sabotage. It is characterized by its stench and, at maturity, its grotesque beauty. Aseroë, the word, as incantation. Can a word create a world? It does, here. François Dominique is a conjurer, who through verbal sorcery unleashes the full generative force of language, while evoking the essential rupture between the word and the object. An impossible endeavor, perhaps, but one at the very heart of literature. The narrator of Aseroë wanders medieval streets and dense forests, portrait galleries and rare bookshops. As he explores the frontiers of language, the boundaries of science, art, and alchemy melt away, and the mundane is overtaken by the bizarre. Inhabited by creatures born in darkness, both terrible and alluring, Aseroë is ultimately a meditation on memory and forgetting, creation and oblivion"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dominique, F., Sieburth, R., & Limoli, H. (2020). Aseroë (First edition.). Bellevue Literary Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dominique, François, 1943-, Richard, Sieburth and Howard, Limoli. 2020. Aseroë. Bellevue Literary Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dominique, François, 1943-, Richard, Sieburth and Howard, Limoli. Aseroë Bellevue Literary Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dominique, François, Richard Sieburth, and Howard Limoli. Aseroë First edition., Bellevue Literary Press, 2020.
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