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Riva Lehrer Golem Girl (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Golem Girl : a Memoir
- Publication Name
- Golem Girl
- Title
- Golem Girl
- Subtitle
- A Memoir
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 198482032X
- EAN
- 9781984820327
- ISBN
- 9781984820327
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Art
- Topic
- Individual Artists / Artists' Books, People with Disabilities, Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Release Date
- 26/10/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 30.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies " Golem Girl is luminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young--and mature--woman; an unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love, family, and spirit."--David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas WINNER OF THE BARBELLION PRIZE - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS What do we sacrifice in the pursuit of normalcy? And what becomes possible when we embrace monstrosity? Can we envision a world that sees impossible creatures? In 1958, amongst the children born with spina bifida is Riva Lehrer. At the time, most such children are not expected to survive. Her parents and doctors are determined to fix her, sending the message over and over again that she is broken. That she will never have a job, a romantic relationship, or an independent life. Enduring countless medical interventions, Riva tries her best to be a good girl and a good patient in the quest to be cured. Everything changes when, as an adult, Riva is invited to join a group of artists, writers, and performers who are building Disability Culture. Their work is daring, edgy, funny, and dark--it rejects tropes that define disabled people as pathetic, frightening, or worthless. They insist that disability is an opportunity for creativity and resistance. Emboldened, Riva asks if she can paint their portraits--inventing an intimate and collaborative process that will transform the way she sees herself, others, and the world. Each portrait story begins to transform the myths she's been told her whole life about her body, her sexuality, and other measures of normal. Written with the vivid, cinematic prose of a visual artist, and the love and playfulness that defines all of Riva's work, Golem Girl is an extraordinary story of tenacity and creativity. With the author's magnificent portraits featured throughout, this memoir invites us to stretch ourselves toward a world where bodies flow between all possible forms of what it is to be human. "Not your typical memoir about 'what it's like to be disabled in a non-disabled world' . . . Lehrer tells her stories about becoming the monster she was always meant to be: glorious, defiant, unbound, and voracious. Read it!"--Alice Wong, founder and director, Disability Visibility Project
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
198482032x
ISBN-13
9781984820327
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050386220
Product Key Features
Book Title
Golem Girl : a Memoir
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / Artists' Books, People with Disabilities, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
30.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rj496.S74l44 2020
Reviews
"[A] penetrating and razor-witted debut . . . Brainy . . . sexy and soulful, Lehrer's writing exhibits the force of will needed to make one's way in a culture where, 'If it's medically possible to push a body toward that social ideal, then we make it a moral imperative to do so.' . . . With vast ambition and the skill to match, Lehrer examines learning on every level--learning to live, to forgive, to create, to love, and to become a part of various communities: familial, queer, disabled and artistic. . . . Packed with photographs of her own life as well as about fifty reproductions of her brilliant portraiture, this daring opus stands as a fittingly visual testament to the 'radical visibility' she advocates as a teacher and a person--a beautiful meditation on monstrousness, bodies and the souls they contain." --Minneapolis StarTribune "This searing personal history expands Lehrer's project of looking at our bodies inside and out, in all their queerness, fragility, and strength, into a stunning new dimension." --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home "Like Patti Smith and Sally Mann, Lehrer opens a vein and spills wisdom and humor, lyricism, and conviction onto the page. She teaches us with images and words that all bodies are exquisite, just as they are. Lehrer's life and art is an example of the deepest creativity and resistance." --Ayelet Waldman, author of A Really Good Day "Riva Lehrer is a great artist and a great storyteller. This is a brilliant book, full of strangeness, beauty, and wonder." --Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife "Vivid and unforgettable . . . It is the story of how someone who is fundamentally different made not a life that transcends that difference, but a life that lionizes it. This book expands our notion of what constitutes the human experience, and it does so with generosity and openheartedness." --Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree "With deft painter's prose, Riva Lehrer helps us discover what it is to be human when others see us as broken. In Golem Girl , Lehrer gives us the gift, at long last, of our own crip beauty." --Nicola Griffith, author of Hild "Lehrer's story is a revelation of an inner subjective life--full of tragedy, love, and creativity--pushing against the external social stigmas, cultural narratives, and prejudices surrounding disability." --Stephen Asma, author of On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears "A wincing-wise tale, by turns harrowing and hilarious, cut clean through with flecks of grace and beauty." --Lawrence Weschler, author of Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2020-012800
Dewey Decimal
759.13
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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