In Dreams Contributor(s): Meur, Diane (Author), Fagan, Teresa Lavender (Translator), Banerjee, Sunandini (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0857420291 ISBN-13: 9780857420299 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art |
LCCN: 2013315054 |
Series: French List |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 73 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Paris, Montreal, Seville, Berlin and towns large and small, Diane Meur has dreamt--and she has remembered her dreams. In this small volume the author shares her dreams of the years 2008-10, a time of global upheaval that happened to coincide with upheavals in her own life. As she writes in the preface, "They are not my life, they are not my writing, they are just the dreams I had, remembered, and noted down: all of them, and every part of them, without censure or omission." Some dreams are humorous: peeling a scorpion like a shrimp and finding it isn't half bad; some are poignant: a tiny doll-like baby encountered in a train; and, as in many dreams, there is much anxiety: old boyfriends encountered again; children in distress; unusual, threatening spaces and people. Though dreamt by the author, Meur's dreams share a common human intimacy--in them we recognize our own innermost thoughts, concerns, desires, and fears. Accompanied by the otherworldly illustrations of collage artist Sunandini Banerjee, Meur's dreams come alive, inspiring our own reveries and becoming part of our nocturnal imaginings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Meur, Diane: - Diane Meur, a Belgian-born writer and translator, has lived in Paris for the past twenty years. She has written several novels and short stories. Banerjee, Sunandini: -Sunandini Banerjee is a Calcutta-based graphic artist and editor who has illustrated books by Thomas Bernhard, Yves Bonnefoy and Ivan Vladislavic, among others. Fagan, Teresa Lavender: -Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago; she has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press and other publishers. |