The Sovereignties of Invention

by Matthew Battles

Book Overview

Matthew Battles does not write stories that move, develop or unfold. He creates worlds that hiss, snap, and rattle, and decorates them with objects that brood in black, glassine silence, or crumble into dusty revelation. Characters are left to grab at scraps of reality sent whipping about them at hurricane force. Ideas "run faster than memory can sieve them from the flow," leaving vaporous reverie to fill the vacuum - dogs populate trees, demolition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935869124
• ISBN13: 9781935869122
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Red Lemonade
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.9"