{"product_id":"9781925818406","title":"Family Trees","description":"Author: Michael Farrell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925818406\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eFamilyTrees\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/i\u003eMichael Farrell continues to question how humans relate - toeach 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 freesitself: how do we connect? Through affection, and through sharing, swapping andlistening.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Trees\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;sees the return of familiar characterssuch as Pope Pinocchio, alongside new figures Lord Marmalade, Cherry the 'KiamaScammer' and Adam, a paranoid country English teacher. Presented in film-likescenarios, Farrell's characters are often busily thinking, while alsoparticipating 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 inhow language blooms off-track. It's about memory, fantasy and the possibilitiesof living in conceptual space. Anything that has roots can be a family tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Endless, rascally contortions. Read them boldly as anarchaeologist...but stay quietly aware that the texts are already affecting yourcognitive frame, turning you into their accomplice in the renewing of language.' -\u003ci\u003eSydney Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867094044830,"sku":"ADS-9781925818406","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925818406.jpg?v=1779429759","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925818406","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}