The Labyrinth
Here Monsters are hidden ... A lyrical anti-quest through a conscious maze without center, borders, or escape--a dark pilgrim's progress through a landscape of vicious Angels, plague houses, crocodile-prophets, tragic chess-sets, and the mind of an unraveling woman, driven on by the mocking...
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Here Monsters are hidden ... A lyrical anti-quest through a conscious maze without center, borders, or escape--a dark pilgrim's progress through a landscape of vicious Angels, plague houses, crocodile-prophets, tragic chess-sets, and the mind of an unraveling woman, driven on by the mocking guide who seeks to destroy as much as save. Enter the world of the Labyrinth, where Doors do not wait to be opened, but hunt you in the night. This is Zarathustra in Wonderland, a puzzle which defies solution, a twisted path through language and madness... But where will you hide?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781894815659 (1894815653)
Publish date: April 4th 2006
Publisher: Prime Books
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
CMV's first book. Probably not as impressive as her later stuff but still a fun read. You can get it for free from CMV's website.
I have to admit, I didn't finish reading this book, but I am done nonetheless. The book flap called it an anti-Quest tale, which is more or less right: a confounding of conventions of plot, purpose and narrative. The problem is that the conventions of plot, purpose and narrative often render a work ...