Book of Water Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Andreas
Book of Water Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Andreas Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos's Book of Water is a collection of short stories about desire, fear, life, care, and ecological anxiety, all…
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Book of Water Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Andreas
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos's Book of Water is a collection of short stories about desire, fear, life, care, and ecological anxiety, all narrated through the physical and metaphysical presence of water. It is the claustrophobic water of the deep seabed, the flooded cities, the womb. This water is not the open, bucolic water of the romantic imagination.
At some point, however, the quotidian withdraws and gives way to surreal and disorienting moments of ethical, political, psychoanalytical, ecological, and personal challenges. It is a water that brings oblivion, serenity, and salvation.At first impression, the stories are narrated by a multiplicity of voices preoccupied with everyday psychological situations. The book is a literary response to the current geological epoch of the Anthropocene, where the effect of the human presence on the planet and its various