Drolleries

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book Drolleries by Cassidy McFadzean, McClelland & Stewart
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Author: Cassidy McFadzean ISBN: 9780771073182
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication: March 26, 2019
Imprint: McClelland & Stewart Language: English
Author: Cassidy McFadzean
ISBN: 9780771073182
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication: March 26, 2019
Imprint: McClelland & Stewart
Language: English

The second poetry collection from the award-winning author of Hacker Packer

Invoking human-animal hybrids in various stages of metamorphosis, Drolleries veers between the beasts of the forest and the opulence of the art gallery. Personal and historical struggles are held against the backdrop of the grotesque and fantastic: A marriage unravels in Goya's Black Room. The diagnosis of a blood-clotting mutation is read through the tarot. The violence of the patriarchy is filtered through the subconscious. In sonically rich lyric poems that traverse the vulnerability of confession and the dramatic possibilities of persona, Drolleries invokes its monsters as a means of working through internal turmoil, existential doubt, and heartbreak. This collection investigates how the lure of romantic relationships, the enchantments of art, and the seductions of power can be both destructive and transformative - and ultimately become a pathway to self-realization.

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The second poetry collection from the award-winning author of Hacker Packer

Invoking human-animal hybrids in various stages of metamorphosis, Drolleries veers between the beasts of the forest and the opulence of the art gallery. Personal and historical struggles are held against the backdrop of the grotesque and fantastic: A marriage unravels in Goya's Black Room. The diagnosis of a blood-clotting mutation is read through the tarot. The violence of the patriarchy is filtered through the subconscious. In sonically rich lyric poems that traverse the vulnerability of confession and the dramatic possibilities of persona, Drolleries invokes its monsters as a means of working through internal turmoil, existential doubt, and heartbreak. This collection investigates how the lure of romantic relationships, the enchantments of art, and the seductions of power can be both destructive and transformative - and ultimately become a pathway to self-realization.

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