Asteronymes by Claire Trevien
ASTERONYME, n. (French). A sequence of asterisks used to hide a name or password. In this follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Shipwrecked House (Guardian First Book Award longlisted), Anglo-Breton poet Claire Trevien takes us to a place where ancient stone circles collide with the language of the internet. Trevien becomes curator of imaginary museums, indexing objects and histories with a quixotic energy. The stunning central sequence recounts a journey across the Scottish island of Arran, where myths are carved into remote caves and a mountain hides behind a 'froufrou of gas'. Formally inventive and intricately composed, Asteronymes is a book of redactions - and an elegy for places and people that have been ruined by time, erosion or neglect.
Claire Trévien was born in Brittany. Her pamphlet Low-Tide Lottery was published in 2011. She is the editor of Sabotage Reviews and the co-organiser of Penning Perfumes, a creative collaboration between poets and perfumers. Her first collection, The Shipwrecked House (Penned in the Margins, 2013), was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and subsequently transformed for the stage.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908058348 |
| ISBN 10 | 190805834X |
| Title | Asteronymes |
| Author | Claire Trevien |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penned in the Margins |
| Year published | 2016-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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