{"product_id":"etudes-paperback","title":"Études - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFriederike Mayröcker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonna Stonecipher\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA diary-like sequence of poems from one of Austria's best-known contemporary voices.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring longing, lust for life, aging, mortality, grief, and flowers in her inimitable late style, \u003ci\u003eétudes\u003c\/i\u003e is a diary-like sequence of poems by one of the greatest living Austrian poets. Friederike Mayröcker's almost daily entries give us a unique view into the interplay between desire and her motivation for writing. In Mayröcker's case, she writes both to keep a vanished world present and to exploit the possibilities of being present for constant experimentation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in this volume are not only studies of how the mind works, moving from fragment to fragment, but also experiments with techniques of repetition, typography, collage, and quotation. Mayröcker transforms the humble page into spaces of radical openness. After all, she says, a poem is that which \"opens everything up.\" Each poem is date-stamped, and each date acts as a kind of permission for Mayröcker to pour in everything from notes on doctor's visits to gorgeously structured elegies to obsessively repeating fragments of memory that act upon the whole like bits of recurring melody. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rarely before has the intimate process of writing been so exquisitely laid bare than in \u003ci\u003eétudes\u003c\/i\u003e. Traversing the boundaries of literary forms with Mayröcker's distinctive style, this important volume strikes an admirable balance between playfulness and serious inquiry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFriederike Mayröcker\u003c\/b\u003e is widely considered one of the most important Austrian poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She has published over eighty works since 1956, including poetry, prose, radio plays, and children's books. She lives in Vienna. \u003cb\u003eDonna Stonecipher\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five books of poetry and one of prose. She has translated works from Ludwig Hohl, Alexander Kluge, and Friederike Mayröcker. She lives in Berlin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772353872160,"sku":"9781803091839","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7dc515881614317fb6f4b0c2816decac.webp?v=1780403846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/etudes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}