Dies: A Sentence [Perfect Paperback]

Vanessa Place (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2005

Described by John Witte of the Northwest Review as “a marvel of sustained synergy,” and by author Jim Krusoe as “dizzyingly complex,” Place’s single 117-page sentence unmoors time and space as its legless narrator recounts the war journey that has lead him to his final point of final truth, next to an armless man making stew. As poet and scholar Susan McCabe says in her Introduction, “Roll over, dear Whitman. Here’s our new original.”

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Dies is a marvel of sustained synergy. Editors live to encounter such work that thrills, provokes, and finally deeply gratifies its reader." --John Witte, Northwest Review

"[Place] loops the loop, stalls and re-starts, dips her wings—then lands on a dime, delivers the mail..." --Carol Muske-Dukes

"both humbling and beyond paraphrase, both mythic and contemporary." --Susan McCabe, author of Swirl and Cinematic Modernism

About the Author

Vanessa Place lives in Los Angeles. She is a writer and a lawyer whose work has appeared in various publications, including Northridge Review, Northwest Review, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and LA Weekly Literary Supplement. In addition to this book, she has written La Medusa, a post-conceptual novel, and Notes on Conceptualisms in collaboration with Robert Fitterman. She is also the co-director of Les Figues Press.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 145 pages
• Publisher: Les Figues Press (July 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976637111
• ISBN-13: 978-0976637110
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #993,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vanessa Place is a writer, a lawyer, and co-director of Les Figues Press. She is author of Dies: A Sentence (2006), La Medusa (2008), and Notes on Conceptualisms, co-authored with Robert Fitterman (2009), and The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality and Law (2010). A book of conceptual poetry, Statement of Facts, will be published in France by éditions è®e, as Exposé des Faits; a trilogy of conceptual work, Statement of Facts, Statement of the Case, and Argument, is forthcoming from Blanc Press (USA). Her Factory-type chapbook series is available via oodpress (Brazil). Place is also a regular contributor to X-tra Art Quarterly, and has lectured and performed internationally.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best new work of (actual) literature!, December 3, 2005

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This review is from: Dies: A Sentence (Perfect Paperback)

Truly Dies: A Sentence is the most beautiful and astounding work of literature I have read in ages. This is a must read for those who are fans of Joyce, Stein, Hemingway, Eliot, Gass, Calvino--and also for those who love war literature.