{"product_id":"the-apothecary-9781897388013","title":"The Apothecary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want an ingenious fibre to be treated as funny tragedy expressing a classic argument against materialism which runs like this: which changes of costume are bound to be dangerous?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e is an extinct fern called a sentence unfurling in the mists. It is also Lisa Robertson's first book. Originally published in a small edition by Tsunami Editions in Vancouver in 1991, it quietly disappeared until it was re-released in 2001 on a need-to-know-basis. Book*hug is now pleased to make this text available in a more permanent and pleasing edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e stems from the author's desire to remake the sentence--to let it be capacious, preposterous, convivial, and to hang it from a pronoun worn like a phantom limb. Robertson wants that ghostly pronoun to reinvent itself afresh in each sentence. Looking towards the eighteenth century, sometimes through a lens occasionally borrowed from contemporary sources, the text of \u003ci\u003eThe Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e is precise, intoxicating materia medica dispensed by one of Canada's most important contemporary poets at the beginning of her career with the use of florid instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897388013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Lisa Robertson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187105521845,"sku":"9781897388013","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9e5aaf24-be06-4a41-9611-56e85ab0a604.jpg?v=1742271274","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-apothecary-9781897388013","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}