Phosphor In Dreamland
Phosphor In Dreamland
Regular price
£12.48
Sale price
£12.48
Regular price
Tax included.
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Wildly comic, erotic, and perverse, Rikki Ducornets dazzling novel, Phosphor in Dreamland, explores the relationship between power and madness, nature and its exploitation, pornography and art, innocence and depravity. Set on the imaginary Caribbean island of Birdland, the novel takes the form of a series of letters from a current resident to an old friend describing the islands seventeenth-century history that brings together the violent Inquisition, the thoughtless extinction of the islands exotic fauna, and the amorous story of the deformed artist-philosopher-inventor Phosphor and his impassioned, obsessional love for the beautiful Extravaganza. The Jade Cabinet, Ducornets novel that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was described by one reviewer as Jane Austen meets Angela Carter via Lewis Carroll. Phosphor in Dreamland can be described as Jonathan Swift meets Angela Carter via Jorge Luis Borges. This is Ducornet at her magical best.
-
Estimated delivery: Jun 11 - Jun 15
Out of stock
Couldn't load pickup availability
Sold and shipped by SpeedyHen
Payment & Security
Payment methods
Your payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information.
Wildly comic, erotic, and perverse, Rikki Ducornets dazzling novel, Phosphor in Dreamland, explores the relationship between power and madness, nature and its exploitation, pornography and art, innocence and depravity. Set on the imaginary Caribbean island of Birdland, the novel takes the form of a series of letters from a current resident to an old friend describing the islands seventeenth-century history that brings together the violent Inquisition, the thoughtless extinction of the islands exotic fauna, and the amorous story of the deformed artist-philosopher-inventor Phosphor and his impassioned, obsessional love for the beautiful Extravaganza. The Jade Cabinet, Ducornets novel that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was described by one reviewer as Jane Austen meets Angela Carter via Lewis Carroll. Phosphor in Dreamland can be described as Jonathan Swift meets Angela Carter via Jorge Luis Borges. This is Ducornet at her magical best.
