{"product_id":"pathemata","title":"Pathemata","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529951363\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound and deeply personal exploration of pain, the body and loss by the beloved author of\u003ci\u003e Bluets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's not the dream that matters, it's the telling of the dream - the words you choose, the risks you take in externalising your mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a dreamlike portrait of a body in struggle to connect with itself and others. As the narrator contends with chronic pain, and with a pandemic raging in the background, she sets out to examine the literal and symbolic role of the mouth in the life of a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerging dreams and dailies, \u003ci\u003ePathemata \u003c\/i\u003erecounts the narrator's tragicomic search to alleviate her suffering, a search that eventually becomes a reckoning with various forms of loss - the loss of intimacy, the loss of her father and the loss of a pivotal friend and mentor. In exacting, distilled prose, her account blurs the lines between embodied, unconscious and everyday life.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837332824197,"sku":"PR430484","price":29.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6M85IE5JJO.jpg?v=1788133275","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/pathemata","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}