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Description for Was
Paperback. A half-poem, half-narrative, this is a nomadic history whose main character is the fleetingness of information itself. This novel's title figure, the word "was," marks that instant of utterance outside the present; neither past nor future but rather the interstitial space of any telling. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
Was is half-poem, half-narrative, a nomadic history whose main character is the fleetingness of information itself. The novel's title figure, the word ""was,"" marks that instant of utterance outside the present; neither past nor future but rather the interstitial space of any telling. Like Ariel in flight, was takes place before you can say ""'come' and 'go,'"" slipping away before you can ""breathe twice and cry 'so, so.'"" The nomadic lovers here, as any lovers, attempt to linger in the afterglow of what was, but it slips away like mist. Story begets story as if without author, events gathering into ... Read more
Was is half-poem, half-narrative, a nomadic history whose main character is the fleetingness of information itself. The novel's title figure, the word ""was,"" marks that instant of utterance outside the present; neither past nor future but rather the interstitial space of any telling. Like Ariel in flight, was takes place before you can say ""'come' and 'go,'"" slipping away before you can ""breathe twice and cry 'so, so.'"" The nomadic lovers here, as any lovers, attempt to linger in the afterglow of what was, but it slips away like mist. Story begets story as if without author, events gathering into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Normal, United States
ISBN
9781573661379
SKU
V9781573661379
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About Michael A. Joyce
Michael Joyce's hyperfictions have been published on CD-ROM and on the Web and he is also the author of numerous linear books, including novels and story and essay collections. He is currently Professor of English and Media Studies at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Reviews for Was
Simply put, Michael Joyce is one of the most imaginative artists of his time. - Camille Renshaw, Plf Magazine