Limburg, Joanne
The Autistic Alice
- ISBN 13:
- 9781780373430
- author:
- Limburg, Joanne
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 72
- Dimensions:
- 21.34 x 13.72 x 0.76 centimetres
- Genre:
- Poetry, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Autistic Alice by Joanne Limburg is a powerful collection of poetry that explores themes of identity, loss and recovery. Through her use of Lewis Carroll's iconic characters, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Limburg reflects on her own experiences as a girl and young woman growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's. The book's opening sequence, The Oxygen Man, was written in response to the death of Limburg's younger brother, a brilliant chemist who took his own life. This powerful and personal work is followed by poems that range back over their shared childhood and look ahead at what it means to be the one who stays behind. Through her unique blend of language and imagery, Limburg creates a sense of disorientation and discomfort, drawing on the nature of autistic experiences to express the complexities of identity and belonging.
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