{"product_id":"clockfire-jonathan-ball-9781552452363","title":"Clockfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Manitoba Book Awards in the category of Most Promising Writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalented newcomer Jonathan Ball's \u003ci\u003eClockfire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552452360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Jonathan Ball","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939581296895,"sku":"9781552452363","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_62a970d9-f0f9-412a-b44e-581b3d39859c.jpg?v=1681442334","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clockfire-jonathan-ball-9781552452363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}