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Family trees

Author :  Michael Farrell

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Country
Australia
Publisher
Giramondo Publishing Company, Australia
ISBN 9781925818406
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info 119 pages ; 22 cm.
Categories PR - English literature
Product Weight 160 gms.
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In Family Trees Michael Farrell continues to question how humans relate — to each other, and to the nonhuman, the worlds of animals, plants and objects. Inheritance can be a heavy legacy but in Farrell’s expansive rendering it frees itself: how do we connect? Through affection, and through sharing, swapping and listening. Family Trees sees the return of familiar characters such as Pope Pinocchio, alongside new figures Lord Marmalade, Cherry the ‘Kiama Scammer’ and Adam, a paranoid country English teacher. Presented in film-like scenarios, Farrell’s characters are often busily thinking, while also participating in more mundane forms of activity — gossip and sleep and work. The book includes a number of South Coast poems that take a poking interest in how language blooms off-track. It’s about memory, fantasy and the possibilities of living in conceptual space. Anything that has roots can be a family tree. Poetry -- 21st century. | Australian poetry | Australian

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