{"product_id":"except-for-breath","title":"Except for Breath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucid and lyrical, Lucienne Bestall’s debut collection extends reflections on the seductions and limitations of language. With words and pictures borrowed from literature, contemporary art, art history, and mass media,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcept for Breath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003easks after those experiences that elude simple description and turn instead to image and metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collected essays appear an unlikely gathering – taking as their respective subjects death, disappointment, divine love, an unfamiliar city, the news, and headaches. Yet while each is discrete, together they share subtle affinities, their narratives shaped by memory’s impre­cisions and dreams retold, by magical thinking and wishful thinking, and coincidence mistaken as sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePairing art writing and life writing, Bestall’s limpid prose is delicately revealing of her subjective encounter with a shared repertoire of familiar texts and images.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucienne Bestall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46667806441626,"sku":"12307","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0350\/5704\/1545\/files\/except-for-breath-by-lucienne-bestall.jpg?v=1760541425","url":"https:\/\/store.a4arts.org\/products\/except-for-breath","provider":"A4 Arts Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}