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Poetic exploration of loss and love after tragedy.

This book is a raw and haunting exploration of grief and love in the aftermath of an unimaginable loss. Through mesmerizing poetic language, Linda Collins delves into the depths of emotions, inviting readers to join her in a dreamy state of irrationality and unreality. The unique feature of this book is the way it blurs the line between life and death, questioning the construct of the self and offering a poignant glimpse into the longing for certainty. If you're looking for a deeply emotional and thought-provoking read that beautifully captures the complexities of grief, Sign Language for the Death of Reason is a must-read.

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Sign Language for the Death of Reason

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ISBN: 9789811498039
Authors: Linda Collins
Publisher: Math Paper Press
Date of Publication: 2021-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Poetry, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.0
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Sign Language for the Death of Reason tries to make sense of a post-traumatic life in poems that are mesmerising in their beauty and stark truthfulness. Sign Language is Linda Collins’s poetic response to her memoir, Loss Adjustment, about the death by suicide of her daughter, Victoria. Set in a dreamy state of irrationality and unreality, where nothing is certain and yet, hope of certainty persists, a narrator who could be Collins, and a persona who could be Victoria, explore loss and love, from the longing arising from bereavement or loss of identity, to sexual yearning, and survivor grief.Along the way, two women evolve in their relationships, though one is dead, or is she? If the self is a construct of history, who is this spectral creature haunting the living?My heart is calm, beats slowly. All life’s doing is done.Birds are at eye level. How easy it would seem to fly a while with them. Then descend.Did you imagine leaf-tipped bark arms reaching to carry you to the next world?
 

Poetic exploration of loss and love after tragedy.

This book is a raw and haunting exploration of grief and love in the aftermath of an unimaginable loss. Through mesmerizing poetic language, Linda Collins delves into the depths of emotions, inviting readers to join her in a dreamy state of irrationality and unreality. The unique feature of this book is the way it blurs the line between life and death, questioning the construct of the self and offering a poignant glimpse into the longing for certainty. If you're looking for a deeply emotional and thought-provoking read that beautifully captures the complexities of grief, Sign Language for the Death of Reason is a must-read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.