Empire of the Senseless: A Novel (Acker, Kathy)
by Kathy Acker
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Author: Kathy AckerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-13
ISBN: 0802131794
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Reviews of Empire of the Senseless: A Novel (Acker, Kathy)
Book Review: Acker describes the senselessness of this mileu
Summary: 5 Stars
Empire of the Senseless is schizogenic because the reality it is dealing with, and our own mileu is schizogenic. Acker comes from the cut and paste school, via Burroughs and the Fluxus experiments and interprets reality through a greasy sometimes opaque, sometimes lewd, sometimes amazingly transcendental lens. This is a "language" author and as well Acker is committed to art movements, including the art world's move towards "appropriation." To one "unititiated" in the parallel visual and dramatic (as well as musical arts) this book may seem more obscure than it is.
Yet I fully believe that if my sixteen year old sister can read and enjoy "Empire" without any formal introductions and indoctrinations then the "misunderstandings" imply those of one who has come to "expect" certain things from a book.
May your expectations be shattered!
Let's stop condoning the banal, boring, domesticated read.
Now. A must read.
Summary of Empire of the Senseless: A Novel (Acker, Kathy)
Acker continues her post-modern explorations with a story set in a bleak world where the society we know is dying in its own ruins.
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