{"product_id":"9781922458629","title":"Where I Slept","description":"Author: Angel, Libby \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922458629 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 232mm x 155mm x 24mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eA striking, lyrical work of autofiction that follows a struggling artist living on the margins in 1990s Melbourne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen he asks what kind of work I do, I tell him I am a poet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Poetry will break your heart,' he says.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Or, perhaps it is the only thing that won't,' I say.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this startling work of autofiction the unnamed narrator plunges us headlong into 1990s Melbourne bohemia-a whirlwind of friends and strangers, decadence and despair, sex and drugs-through the places she slept- a boarding house with drug-addled landlord, share houses of aspiring artists and petty criminals, and roughing it on the streets.\u003cbr\u003eShe lives for poetry and hungers for beauty, purpose and a place to anchor herself. Her voice is ironic, deadpan and darkly comic, an Artline marker her weapon of choice in expressing her presence in a city both richly accommodating and indifferent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibby Angel's brilliant new work is filled with characters you'll wish you knew and those you're glad you don't. \u003ci\u003eWhere I Slept \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable portrait of a life on the fringes, a poem of longing and desire.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667936632990,"sku":"UBD-9781922458629","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922458629.jpg?v=1751333170","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922458629","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}