{"product_id":"the-apothecary-paperback-1","title":"The Apothecary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want an ingenious fibre to be treated as funny tragedy expressing a classic argument against materialism which runs like this: which changes of costume are bound to be dangerous?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e is an extinct fern called a sentence unfurling in the mists. It is also Lisa Robertson's first book. Originally published in a small edition by Tsunami Editions in Vancouver in 1991, it quietly disappeared until it was re-released in 2001 on a need-to-know-basis. Book*hug is now pleased to make this text available in a more permanent and pleasing edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e stems from the author's desire to remake the sentence--to let it be capacious, preposterous, convivial, and to hang it from a pronoun worn like a phantom limb. Robertson wants that ghostly pronoun to reinvent itself afresh in each sentence. Looking towards the eighteenth century, sometimes through a lens occasionally borrowed from contemporary sources, the text of \u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e is precise, intoxicating materia medica dispensed by one of Canada's most important contemporary poets at the beginning of her career with the use of florid instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLISA ROBERTSON\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Toronto and for many years lived in Vancouver, where she was a member of the Kootenay School of Writing and Artspeak Gallery. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary, XEclogue, Debbie: An Epic, \u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in 1998, \u003ci\u003eThe Weather (\u003c\/i\u003eawarded the Relit Poetry Prize in 2002), \u003ci\u003eOccasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture (\u003c\/i\u003ea Village Voice top book of 2004), and \u003ci\u003eRousseau's Boat (\u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 2005 bpNichol Chapbook Award). Her most recent work is \u003ci\u003eThe Men. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412708397293,"sku":"9781897388013","price":12.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-apothecary-paperback-1","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}