In this stunningly original novel, Michael Turner, the author of the punk rock collage"Hard Core Logo, "and the hilariously sobering "American Whiskey Bar," proves himself to be one of Canada's most dazzling and innovative contemporary writers. "The Pornographer's Poem" is a first-hand account of the life of an unnamed pornographic filmmaker. At the age of sixteen, the narrator gets his first taste of adult cinema. Shortly before that, he shoots his first adult film, surreptitiously capturing his neighbours having sex on ...
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In this stunningly original novel, Michael Turner, the author of the punk rock collage"Hard Core Logo, "and the hilariously sobering "American Whiskey Bar," proves himself to be one of Canada's most dazzling and innovative contemporary writers. "The Pornographer's Poem" is a first-hand account of the life of an unnamed pornographic filmmaker. At the age of sixteen, the narrator gets his first taste of adult cinema. Shortly before that, he shoots his first adult film, surreptitiously capturing his neighbours having sex on their back porch. From these linked experiences, he realizes that through representations of sexual activity he can comment on that which he finds both painful and confusing. In the films that follow, the narrator imagines in positions of dominance those who are disadvantaged in their everyday lives, now sexually belittling those who have once held them down. Nettie, an idealistic poet and the one person with whom the narrator genuinely connects, sees in pornography the opportunity to do something artistic, liberating, and socially relevant. She pushes the narrator to make films that subvert the way the world is constructed. Ultimately, despite his radical intentions, the narrator falls into a world of greed, delusion, and hypocrisy, the same world he once rebelled against. Investigating the ways in which lives are remembered and reconstructed, Michael Turner works backwards and forwards in time with unerring attention to subtle shifts in voice and experience. But this is not a wistful recounting, for the retelling of the protagonist's story is affected by the interrogations of an authoritative, unforgiving tribunal. As he tests the lines betweenpornography and art, between exploitation and exploration, Michael Turner continues to push the boundaries of the literary form. "The Pornographer's Poem" is an intelligent, funny, impeccably crafted work that challenges not only the way a novel should be written but, most importantly, the way it should be read.
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Add this copy of The Pornographer's Poem: a Novel to cart. $49.00, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Doubleday Canada.
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Near Fine in Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) First Canadian ed. Near fine/Good condition, slight over all wear to book, rubbing and dirt to white dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0385258453. Minor edgewear. Light rubbing/bruising to d/j. Novel by the author of "Hard Core Logo". A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 320 pp.
