Byobu reveals a rich inner world, one driven by its meticulous attention to our rich outer one.
"a story’s existence, even if not well defined or well assigned, even if only in its formative stage, just barely latent, emits vague but urgent emanations."
Byobu's every interaction trembles with possibility and faint menace. A crack in the walls of his house, marring it forever, means he must burn it down. A stoplight asks what the value of obedience is, what hopefulness it contains, and what insensible anarchy it defies. In brief episodes, aphorisms, and moments of spiritual turbulence and gentle scrutiny, reside a wealth of habits, worries, curiosities, pleasures, peculiarities, and efforts to understand.
Representative of the modesty and complexity of Ida Vitale’s poetic universe, Byobu flushes the world with meaning and playfully offers another way of inhabiting the every day.
- ISBN10 1913867021
- ISBN13 9781913867027
- Publish Date 30 November 2021
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Charco Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 85
- Language English