Pig Data
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Author: Anne Vegter, Astrid Alben (trans.)
A ground-breaking work of contemporary Dutch poetry that won the prestigious Ida Garhardt Prize, Anne Vegter’s 'Pig Data' exposes the raw nerves of power and desire. The collection orchestrates a mythic and historical collision between three formidable figures – the South African poet Ingrid Jonker, the mythical witch Medea, and a provocative poetic ‘I’ (evoking the trope of the ‘scorned woman’) to interrogate the male gaze and the transformative potential of female rage.Vegter’s poems tease language to its limit, with a restless energy that is dynamic, vicious and vulgar, infused with humour and absurdist overtones, brought to life through Astrid Alben's virtuosic translation.'Pig Data' is the 2nd collection by Anne Vegter to be translated into English, the first female Dutch Poet Laureate, renowned for her surrealistic, whimsical, enigmatic style. It is a tumultuous collection that fearlessly rebuffs the comforts of traditional form, and which revels in contradictions, moving between a luminous tenderness and vulgar, incoherent urgency.
ISBN 9781913513917. Prototype Publishing. pb. 96 pages. 23 x 16 cm.
not yet published
A ground-breaking work of contemporary Dutch poetry that won the prestigious Ida Garhardt Prize, Anne Vegter’s 'Pig Data' exposes the raw nerves of power and desire. The collection orchestrates a mythic and historical collision between three formidable figures – the South African poet Ingrid Jonker, the mythical witch Medea, and a provocative poetic ‘I’ (evoking the trope of the ‘scorned woman’) to interrogate the male gaze and the transformative potential of female rage.Vegter’s poems tease language to its limit, with a restless energy that is dynamic, vicious and vulgar, infused with humour and absurdist overtones, brought to life through Astrid Alben's virtuosic translation.'Pig Data' is the 2nd collection by Anne Vegter to be translated into English, the first female Dutch Poet Laureate, renowned for her surrealistic, whimsical, enigmatic style. It is a tumultuous collection that fearlessly rebuffs the comforts of traditional form, and which revels in contradictions, moving between a luminous tenderness and vulgar, incoherent urgency.
ISBN 9781913513917. Prototype Publishing. pb. 96 pages. 23 x 16 cm.
not yet published