Usa-1000

ISBN-13: 9780809334469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 88 str.

Sass Brown

Opis

Sass Brown s darkly funny debut collection of poems explores both the isolation and the absurdity of twenty-something apartment living. The world Brown creates in "USA-1000 "overflows with infomercials, classic Hollywood films, billboard messages, strip clubs, and fortune-tellers, illuminating our complex relationship with consumerism. In the absence of personal intimacy, everyday objects take on unexpected importance: the clothing of a would-be couple mingles in a washing machine; a father watches pornography in a hotel room with his wife and daughter; a woman searches a shopping mall to put on hold items she ll never buy; a broken hair dryer prompts a complaint letter to the Better Business Bureau. Brown s dazzling poems probe the disappointment of domestic reality in the face of America s glossy facade, abundance and emptiness hand in hand. Ultimately, the book finds beauty in the deliciously artificial and resurrects the missing world with words and memory.

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