This Thing of Darkness by Lisa Dart
$31.50
This Thing of Darkness is a constantly floating narrative, blending dream, nightmare, memoir, theoretical enquiry (philosophical and psychoanalytical) in the form of a scrapbook. Wittgenstein’s On Certainty provides, paradoxically, an anchor throughout the book. ‘Paradoxically,’ because his work profoundly questions any beliefs, assumptions, ideas or concepts of certainty.
This Thing of Darkness, which gained an Arts Council Award, is where image and text create overlapping metaphors; where colours symbolise layers of the conscious and unconscious mind in an almost playful attempt to understand the long-lasting and devastating impact of trauma.
Praise for This Thing of Darkness, from the Review in the US Review of Books
‘A surreal and beautiful journey’
‘Oversized pages with an abundance of white space, floating text, highlighted sections, photos, drawings, and verbal jousting’
‘Dart tackles the issue of words themselves—the “language-game” whereby reality is shaped by the words we use.’
‘Wittgenstein’s philosophy, a protective bumper, a soft shield between her experience of a childhood tragedy and her memories of it.’
For the entire review in the US Review of Books , see this link:
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews-1/This-Thing-of-Darkness-by-Lisa-Dart.html
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