Still Life with Octopus
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- Paperback published on 07/07/2022
- Page count: 72 pages
- ISBN: 9781913437428
Quick take
Still Life With Octopus is a precisely observed and open-hearted gift of a book.
Synopsis
Tania Hershman's Still Life With Octopus is an exquisitely-attuned second collection, a philosophical and poetic interrogation of the boundaries of animal and human worlds and the intimate nature of time, being and joy. Exploring the slippage between the life of the mind and the life of the body - in particular, those belonging to women - Hershman wonders what might happen if we let go of our preconceptions of both reality and language, taking nothing for granted and starting again from first principles, with fresh eyes. While trying to fathom our physical and metaphysical existence, Hershman doesn't ignore the other forms of intelligent life we share our planet with; her octopus is envisioned both as a creature within and alongside us and as a way to consider our place as humans within a greater chain of co-existence.
About the author
A queer writer of odd things, Tania Hershman lives in Manchester and is the author of three short story collections, two poetry collections, two poetry pamphlets and a hybrid book of poetry/prose/fiction/non-fiction, and what if we were all allowed to disappear (Guillemot Press, 2020).
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