{"product_id":"9781922268563","title":"Blueberries","description":"Author: Savage, Ellena\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922268563\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Mar 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stimulating combination of memoir, essay, poetry, confession and critique, \u003ci\u003eBlueberries\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and revealing collection from a rising star in Australian creative non-fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes I think it's possible to live with anything. That we're wired to survive-survive-survive, to grip onto the gnarliest thread until life is pried from our bones. Other times I think, it's not possible to live at all. Not at all.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueberries\u003c\/i\u003e could be described as a collection of essays, the closest term available for a book that resists classification: a blend of personal essay, polemic, prose poetry, true-crime journalism and confession that considers a fragmented life, reflecting on what it means to be a woman, a body, an artist. It is both a memoir and an interrogation of memoir. It is a new horizon in storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn crystalline prose, Savage explores the essential questions of the examined life: what is it to desire? What is it to accommodate oneself to the world? And at what cost?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The most exciting work of creative non-fiction to be published in this country since Maria Tumarkin took up the pen.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Her voice  is  reassuringly droll, critical and warmly intimate... Savage  has a poetic way of reminding us that crucial learning comes only with age-that time is finite.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'In form and in content, \u003ci\u003eBlueberries\u003c\/i\u003e is exquisite.' \u003cb\u003eStella Prize Judges' Report\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48185164071070,"sku":"UBD-9781922268563","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922268563.jpg?v=1787486016","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922268563","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}