{"product_id":"p0sthuman-the-evening-before-9780645089370","title":"p0sthuman - the evening before","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSensuous, intelligent, energising and dizzyingly fast-paced. Anne Kellas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElegant, lyrical, often erotic and always intriguing. Amanda Lohrey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIrrepressible vitality. David Mason\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these poems of love, heartbreak, loss and desire the author reimagines his past to find hints of the beings who could come after us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe identifies in the commonality of human experience the seeds of a posthuman future. But this book is not prophetic. It's about 'the evening before'. Can we read the past as love song, tragedy, or science fiction? What is it to be human? Or to be 'p0sthuman'? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what is it to love, and be loved? Is it the quest for the other, the vulnerable human who in the end sees the sum of their life evaporate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are elusive and exhilarating poems about our necessary, vulnerable existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWry, heartbreaking, breezy, ecstatic... Peter Jerrim's poems bounce off each other, or appear to suddenly merge as their meaning begins to reveal itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jerrim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jerrim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645089370","brand":"Peter Jerrim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45606497747081,"sku":"9780645089370","price":16.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1bfd4f2d-7ff1-4bbd-8f66-eea7f4aab521.jpg?v=1776752754","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/p0sthuman-the-evening-before-9780645089370","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}