{"product_id":"9781571315380","title":"The Echo Chamber","description":"Author: Michael Bazzett\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781571315380\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Michael Bazzett, poet and translator ofThe Popol Vuh, a collection that explores the myth of Echo and Narcissus, offering a reboot, a remix, a reimagining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Narcissus was never one to see himself \/\/ in moving water. \/\/ He liked his image \/ still.\" InThe Echo Chamber, myth is refracted into our current moment. A time traveler teaches a needleworker the pleasures of social media gratification. A man goes looking for his face and is first offered a latex mask. A book reveals eerie transmutations of a simple story. And the myth itself is retold, probing its most provocative qualities-how reflective waters enable self-absorption, the tragicrightnessof Echo and Narcissus as a couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Echo Chamberexamines our endlessly self-referential age of selfies and televised wars and manufactured celebrity, gazing lingeringly into the many kinds of damage it produces, and the truths obscured beneath its polished surface. In the process, Bazzett cements his status as one of our great poetic fools-the comedian who delivers uncomfortable silence, who sheds layers of disguises to reveal light underneath, who smuggles wisdom within \"rage-mothered laughter.\" Late-stage capitalism, history, death itself: all are subject to his wry, tender gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns searing, compassionate, and darkly humorous,The Echo Chambercreates an echo through time, holding up the broken mirror of myth to our present-day selves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830044381342,"sku":"ADS-9781571315380","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781571315380.jpg?v=1778558997","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781571315380","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}