Bibliograph

Plot, Claudia Rankine

Type

Label

Plot, Claudia Rankine

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plot

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Claudia Rankine

Series statement

Grove Press poetry series

Summary

This poetry collection by the acclaimed author of Citizen presents an "inexhaustibly complex, varied, and... grimly inventive" meditation on maternity (Verse). In Claudia Rankine's Plot, an expectant mother, Liv, and her husband, Erland, find themselves propelled into one of our most basic plots: boy loves girl, girl gets pregnant. Liv's respect for life, however, makes her reluctant to bring a new life into the world. The couple's electrifying journey is charted through dreams, conversations, and reflections. A text like no other, it crosses genres, existing at times in poetry, at times in dialogue and prose, in order to arrive at new life and baby Ersatz. This stunning, avant-garde performance enacts what it means to be human, and to invest in humanity

Target audience

adult

Classification