Socialist Realism - Couverture souple

Low, Trisha

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1566895510 ISBN 13 : 9781566895514

Editeur : Coffee House Press, 2019

Synopsis

Moving West-from Singapore to America, from New York to California--a woman examines the myth of "finding home" even as she comes to terms with its impossibilities.

When Trisha Low moves West, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive "somewhere better"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America's casual racism, sexism, and homophobia.

In this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one's life comes to the fore--sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won't find. Attempting to reconcile her desires with her radical politics, she asks: do our quests to fulfill our deepest wishes propel us forward, or keep us trapped in the rubble of our deteriorating world?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Trisha Low is the author of The Compleat Purge (Kenning Editions, 2013). She earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Performance Studies at New York University. She lives in the East Bay.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Coffee House Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1566895510
• ISBN 13: 9781566895514
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible