Renee Gladman è una scrittrice la cui opera si addentra nelle complessità della forma e della percezione. La sua prosa e poesia sono caratterizzate da un'inventiva linguistica unica, che esplora spesso i confini tra il concreto e l'astratto. La scrittura di Gladman indaga le esperienze del navigare in mondi e corpi, mettendo in discussione le strutture consolidate attraverso una lente sperimentale. Il suo stile distintivo offre ai lettori un'esplorazione profonda e spesso stimolante del linguaggio e dell'esistenza.
Exploring the intersection of criticism, memoir, and philosophy, this work serves as a recuperative song for an abandoned project. It delves into themes of process, distance, and duration, emphasizing the significance of time in writing. Through its unique narrative style, it reflects on the act of creation and the complexities involved, showcasing Renee Gladman's innovative approach to literature.
Plans for Sentences is the latest interdisciplinary work of genius from poet, novelist, editor, and artist Renee Gladman.
Thinking collapses and remerges in this metafictional collection of essays following a writer and artist at work.
“More Kafka than Kafka, Renee Gladman’s achievement ranks alongside many of Borges’ in its creation of a fantastical landscape with deep psychological impact.” —Jeff VanderMeer Since 2010 writer and artist Renee Gladman has placed fantastic and philosophical stories in the invented city-state of Ravicka, a Ruritanian everyplace with its own gestural language, poetic architecture, and inexplicable physics. As Ravicka has grown, so has Gladman's project, spilling out from her fiction—Event Factory, The Ravickians, and Ana Patova Crosses a Bridge—into her nonfiction (Calamities) and even visual art (Prose Architectures). The result is a project unlike any other in American letters today, a fictional world that spans not only multiple books but different genres, even different art forms. In Houses of Ravicka, the city's comptroller, author of Regulating the Book of Regulations, seems to have lost a house. It is not where it's supposed to be, though an invisible house on the far side of town, which corresponds to the missing house, remains appropriately invisible. Inside the invisible house, a nameless Ravickian considers how she came to the life she is living, and investigates the deep history of Ravicka—that mysterious city-country born of Renee Gladman's philosophical, funny, audacious, extraordinary imagination.
In a surreal city plagued by an undefined crisis, a "linguist-traveler" navigates the complexities of Ravicka, where the atmosphere feels alien despite her fluency in the language. As she grapples with her feelings of disconnection and the city's mysterious erosion, she faces an ontological crisis that challenges her understanding of reality. This novel, the first in a trilogy by Renee Gladman, explores themes of identity, belonging, and the challenges of urban life in a vividly imagined setting.
Renee Gladman explores the genre of lesbian romance through a unique format, presenting her work as a long-term interview intermingling memory and fiction. This playful philosophical narrative delves into the complexities of writing a romantic erotic novel, balancing candor and wit with warmth. As both a reader and writer, Gladman reflects on the beautiful and challenging aspects of life that accompany her creative journey, making it a rich investigation of love and identity.
Exploring themes of identity and communication, this volume delves into the city-state of Ravicka, where meanings and connections linger in a state of absence. The narrative unfolds through an atmospheric landscape, emphasizing the immaterial and the unseen. Gladman examines the philosophical aspects of architecture, focusing on the emotional and existential dimensions rather than physical structures. The haunting experiences within Ravicka reflect profound questions about the human condition, making the story both compelling and resonant.