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Find more info., search and price compare for Phosphor in Dreamland (American Literature Series) by Rikki Ducornet Binding: Paperback, 1st edition, 165 pages Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press Weight: 0.5 pound Dimension: H: 0.53 x L: 8.48 x W: 5.5 inches ISBN 10: 1564780848 ISBN 13: 9781564780843 Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com! If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! |
Book Description: Wildly comic, erotic, and perverse, Rikki Ducornet's dazzling novel, Phosphor in Dreamland, explores the relationship between power and madness, nature and its exploitation, pornography and art, innocence and depravity. Set on the imaginary Caribbean island of Birdland, the novel takes the form of a series of letters from a current resident to an old friend describing the island's 17th-century history that brings together the violent Inquisition, the thoughtless extinction of the island's exotic fauna, and the amorous story of the deformed artist-philosopher-inventor Phosphor and his impassioned, obsessional love for the beautiful Extravaganza. The Jade Cabinet, Ducornet's previous novel (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), was described by one reviewer as 'Jane Austen meets Angela Carter via Lewis Carroll.' Phosphor in Dreamland can be described as Jonathan Swift meets Angela Carter via Jorge Luis Borges. This is Ducornet at her magical best. |
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