BOOK OF THE RED ABSURD

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Av LM Rivera, Lm Rivera

389 kr

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A poetry collection that embraces the absurd and mysterious. LM Rivera’s THE BOOK OF THE RED ABSURD is a poetic autobiography seen through the lens of literature, cinema, theory, history, mythology, and demonology. Presenting themselves in a sort of kinship with academic traditions, these poems move beyond scholarly preciousness to uncover something deeper, stranger, and more honest. This collection is a descent into an absurdist avant-garde performance, immersing the reader in the head of “red” experiences—those with sensations of extremity, despair, amusement, and derision. Here we find a heart laid bare through poetry that aims for the deadliest parts and dances wildly along the way.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-05
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor225
FörlagOmnidawn Publishing
ISBN9781632432179

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“A primer for enduring the brutality that is the world, THE BOOK OF THE RED ABSURD is not for the faint of heart. With a devotional criminality, Rivera fronts the ‘fascism of fun,’ the carcass that childhoods feed on, the savage fictions essential to living while ‘the bodies pile up: cold, soulless and mean.’ Here, the monstrous is monstrance encasing a ‘sublime purgatorial nihilism.’ Here is depravity, diabolism, depression, and ‘the art that counters.’ It’s an art borne by a parade of saints—Arthur, Emily, Gennady, Claire—and it’s an art ‘made from waste’—that’s all there is to offer.”