The Coming Thing
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Product Details
Author:
Martina Evans
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
88
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd. (November 30, 2023)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781800173453
ISBN-10:
1800173458
Dimensions:
5.25" x 8.5" x 0.3"
File:
Eloquence-IPG_03192026_P9854863_onix30_Complete-20260319.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$20.99
Case Pack:
44
As low as:
$18.05
Publisher Identifier:
P-IPG
Discount Code:
C
Audience:
General/trade
Weight:
4.32oz
Pub Discount:
60
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Overview
The Coming Thing is a brilliant long narrative poem. It is not Evans's first: she has become celebrated for work on this scale, spoken, dramatic, abundant. Imelda, the book's central character, is immersed in challenging new worlds where old customs still somehow survive. It is the 1980s and the poem takes shape among punks in Cork City. The 'coming thing' refers to the arrival of computers which were taking hold and beginning to effect their transformations of data and then of lives; but ultimately the title identifies the abortion which Imelda will have in a Brixton clinic.
Imelda, who Evans's regular readers will recall from her earlier narrative Petrol (2012), narrates the story with a light touch, even when the book's preoccupation with abortion, suicide and euthanasia provides a strong and compelling undertow. The Coming Thing looks hard at the duplicity surrounding received ideas about the sacredness of human life and how economic change runs counter to the values of 'old' Ireland.
