The Art of Fiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781945588723)

An investigation, performed through storytelling, of the constructed beliefs of society and individuals

In this his eighth collection of poetry (and fifth with Four Way Books), Prufer's career-spanning talent for estranging the familiar--and also for recording the unthinkable with eerie directness--recurs, enhanced and transformed by the collection's meta-level attention to the role of fiction in our civic lives. Prufer describes, often through personae, a near future, tracing there the political gambit of Fake News and the role of the imagination in our self-understanding (whether it's cogent or delusional). Via both satire and direct address (to the point of reader-squeamishness), Prufer aims to understand the ugly-casual atmosphere of our often racialized, pervasive distrust. The Art of Fiction fundamentally understands that fictions are deployed to divide us, and they work: they get under our skin. Prufer powerfully explores the roles of imagination and art in how we explain ourselves to ourselves.

Author: Kevin Prufer
ISBN-10: 1945588721
ISBN-13: 9781945588723
Publisher: Four Way Books
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2021
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/22/2021