{"product_id":"luke-davies-the-feral-aphorisms","title":"Luke Davies, The Feral Aphorisms","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dense, tight yet playful cluster that rewards repeated readings (at varied speeds!), Luke Davies' second Vagabond offering,\u003ci\u003e Feral Aphorisms\u003c\/i\u003e, plays with the form by imitating its structure, if not always its spirit; sometimes, they really\u003ci\u003e are\u003c\/i\u003e aphorisms. At other times the form operates as pure Trojan Horse: something beautiful, strange, ecstatic is smuggled to us, a kind of litany of yearning, and of the sheer surprise of being in a body that is to die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLuke Davies is the author of three novels (most recently\u003ci\u003e God of Speed\u003c\/i\u003e) and four volumes of poetry (the latest,\u003ci\u003e Interferon Psalms,\u003c\/i\u003e won the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry). Davies' poetry collection\u003ci\u003e Totem\u003c\/i\u003e won the South Australian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry, the Grace Leven Poetry Prize, the Age's Poetry Book of the Year Award and the overall Age Book of the Year Award, an unusual feat for a book of poetry; in 2004 Davies was also awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Poetry.\u003ci\u003e Candy\u003c\/i\u003e has been published in France, Spain, Germany, Israel, Greece, the UK and USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare Object Number 58.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 pages. Published 2011. Limited edition of 200, signed and numbered by the author. Cover image by Kay Orchison.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":241003177,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/davies.jpg?v=1347967278","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/fr\/products\/luke-davies-the-feral-aphorisms","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}