Frissure is an exquisite collection of prose-poems and illustrative work exploring healing, mortality, intimacy, memory and the natural world. It is about the intimate process of looking and seeing as it passes from one person - a cancer patient - looking at herself, from being 'examined' by a surgeon, to being looked at by an artist. In each situation a transformation occurs.
The gaze of the patient on her own body and its post-operative scarring is objectified by that of the surgeon assessing the success of his work. But then the creative eye of the artist takes over and what was regarded as a mark of disease and of violation takes on an extraordinary flowering, and becomes a thing of beauty.
| ISBN: | 9780857906557 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2013 |
| Author: | Jamie, Kathleen |
| Publisher: | Polygon |
| Format: | Ebook |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Biographies & Autobiographies |
Frissure is an exquisite collection of prose-poems and illustrative work exploring healing, mortality, intimacy, memory and the natural world. It is about the intimate process of looking and seeing as it passes from one person - a cancer patient - looking at herself, from being 'examined' by a surgeon, to being looked at by an artist.
Frissure features in the following genres: Poetry
Ebook. £9.99. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
Frissure was written by Jamie, Kathleen and published by Polygon
Frissure has 72 pages
£9.99. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..