| Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part I: Waking -- The Imposter -- Schrödinger's Cat -- The Finger -- The Mystic's Curse -- Part II: Arrival -- First Session with the Emperor -- Short History of a Long Fable I -- Short History of a Long Fable II -- Luc Falls through His Own Arsehole -- Harvesters I -- Luc's Scrotum -- Part III: Detachment -- Harvesters II -- Second Session with the Emperor -- Luc Has a Gut Feeling -- Harvesters III -- Luc's Heart Goes Out -- Part IV: Attachment -- Harvesters IV -- Third Session with the Emperor, in which Luc Makes a Demand -- Luc Crosses Over -- Harvesters V -- My Iridescence -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
"What is addiction? Who is an addict, and why? Are we only addicted to substances, or also to patterns of thought: self-loathing, doubt, obsessive thinking, and perhaps even silence? Subtle Gravity, like Praeg's first novel, Imitation, departs from the assumption that we are all addicts. We all struggle with being alone. Taking as a point of departure an extreme form of addiction--a commitment to the silence we know precedes the violence that language imposes on us--Subtle Gravity maps a possible way back from addiction through a playful engagement with Buddhism, Christian mysticism, and, of course, Star Wars. Subtle Gravity deals with addiction as both a philosophical and spiritual issue or phenomenon. Insights from Buddhism, Christian mysticism, and popular culture are woven into a narrative that simultaneously reflects on contemporary issues in local and global politics." |
| Subject |
Addition -- Fiction
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Living alone -- Fiction
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Addition
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Living alone
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781869144777 |
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1869144775 |
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