{"product_id":"9781529951363-pathemata","title":"Pathemata","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr, The Story of My Mouth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound and deeply personal exploration of pain, the body and loss by the beloved author of\u003ci\u003e Bluets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of warmth, wisdom and weirdness' JENNY MUSTARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a dreamlike portrait of a body in struggle to connect with itself and others. As the narrator contends with chronic pain, and with a pandemic raging in the background, she sets out to examine the literal and symbolic role of the mouth in the life of a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePathemata \u003c\/i\u003erecounts the narrator’s tragicomic search to alleviate her suffering, a search that eventually becomes a reckoning with various forms of loss – the loss of intimacy, the loss of her father and the loss of a pivotal friend and mentor. In exacting, distilled prose, her account blurs the lines between embodied, unconscious and everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Maggie Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I remember where I was when I read each of Maggie Nelson’s books in the same way I remember a place where I heard important news’ ANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Always brilliant’ GEOFF DYER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation’ OLIVIA LAING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56409888391542,"sku":"9781529951363","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39953754_a73689b7-1f99-4abb-8426-1530af0fb08f.jpg?v=1770860628","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529951363-pathemata","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}