{"product_id":"vexations-annelyse-gelman-9780226826110","title":"Vexations","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mother and daughter journey together through a strange speculative world in this experimental book-length poem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Annelyse Gelman's book-length poem \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis a surreal, glitchy meditation on empathy, ecology, and precarity. Throughout the book winds a narrative about a mother and daughter as they move through a world of social and economic collapse in search of a post-capitalist safe haven. All the while, they also navigate a condition that affects the daughter's empathic abilities, making her vulnerable to emotional contagion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eis titled and structured after Erik Satie's composition of the same name, a piece that requires patience, endurance, and concentration from both its audience and its players. Similarly, Gelman's \u003ci\u003eVexations \u003c\/i\u003eemploys repetition and variation to engage the reader's attention. Hers is an ambient poetry, drawing on the aesthetic qualities of drone music and sampling voices and sounds to create a lush literary backdrop filled with pulsing psychedelic detail. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annelyse Gelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226826112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226826110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.46w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee","brand":"Annelyse Gelman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069594464511,"sku":"9780226826110","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a56b25a9-58d8-47a2-a4e7-7d6546474e0a.jpg?v=1685425517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vexations-annelyse-gelman-9780226826110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}