Eileen myles dog book5/28/2023 ![]() ISBN: 9781611855142 SKU: 1274026 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. This 2018 Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated Paperback is in Near Mint condition. ![]() Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles's childhood puppet, to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull from shimmering poetic transcriptions of video footage taken during their walks, to Rosie's final enlightened narration from the afterlife, this totally singular text combines elements of science fiction, screenplay, monologue, and lucid memory to get to the heart of how and why we dedicate our existence to our dogs. At the same time, it reimagines Myles's experiences with alcoholism and recovery, intimacy and mourning, celebrity and politics, spirituality and family history, while joyously transcending the parameters of memoir. And starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, Afterglow launches a playful and incisive investigation into the mostly mutually beneficial, sometimes reprehensible power dynamics between pet and pet-owner. We see the empty path now with the wiggly hurricane fence coming up on the. Over the course of sixteen years together, Myles was devoted to the pit bull and their linked quality of life. A dog shakes her way on a leash up a path and now she is gone. About the book: Afterglow (a dog memoir), Myles first foray into memoir, paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant: the pit bull called Rosie. In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an indelible impact on the writer's way of being. ![]()
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