Clockfire

Ball, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 1552452360 / ISBN 13: 9781552452363

Published by Coach House Books, 2006

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1552452360I4N00

Synopsis:

Shortlisted for the Manitoba Book Awards in the category of Most Promising Writer

Talented newcomer Jonathan Ball’s Clockfire is a suite of poetic blueprints for imaginary plays that would be impossible to produce – plays in which, for example, the director burns out the sun, actors murder their audience, and the laws of physics are flagrantly violated. The poems in one sense replace the need for drama, and are predicated on the idea that modern theatre lacks both 'clocks' and 'fire' and thus fails to offer its audiences immediate, violent engagement. They sometimes resemble the scores for Fluxus 'happenings,' but they replace the casual aesthetic and DIY simplicity of Fluxus art with something more akin to the brutality of Artaud’s theatre of cruelty. Italo Calvino as rewritten by H. P. Lovecraft, Ball’s 'plays' break free of the constraints of reality and artistic category to revel in their own dazzling, magnificent horror.

About the Author:

Jonathan Ball is the author of Ex Machina. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Calgary, and is the former editor of the literary journal dandelion. He lives in Winnipeg.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Clockfire
Publisher: Coach House Books
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket