{"id":10994,"date":"2022-10-16T22:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=10994"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:52:49","slug":"auguries-of-a-minor-god-nidhi-zak-aria-eipe-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2022\/10\/16\/auguries-of-a-minor-god-nidhi-zak-aria-eipe-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Auguries of a Minor God &#8211; Nidhi Zak\/Aria Eipe (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, five different parts corresponding to &#8220;the five arrows of Kama, the Hindu god of love and desire. Wonderful poems, with words that flow on the pages, even disturbing the &#8220;classical setup, horizontal, vertical, in a lighter colour or crossed out. Then a very long poem recounting the life of a family of refugees, a father with quite a few children and no mother. This poem slowly dissolves into a prayer to God. The construction again is impressive. Each paragraph starts with the following letter of the alphabet and follows the Fibonacci sequence\u2026one sentence for A, two for B, three for C, five for D and so on. The whole is a very touching and sweet book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;&#8230; &#8211; I need some<br>make-up so I can do the red lips like<br>Mama used to; the kids so rarely talk about their<br>mother but when they do it&#8217;s so casual, almost<br>maddening: as if she were still alive, still in the<br>midst of everything, as if she would<br>manifest, walk in the door, any<br>moment now, you can&#8217;t make out whether their<br>memories fade at a faster rate than yours or if it&#8217;s even<br>more simple: that the impulse to<br>mourn does not linger in their<br>minds, as it does in yours, and they have<br>made their peace with her passing, refusing to<br>magnify their loss any<br>more than necessary &#8211; you<br>mull this over as you drift into a<br>muddled sleep, stretched on the sofa&#8221;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2.jpg?resize=770%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2-scaled.jpg?resize=770%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2-scaled.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1155%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1155w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1540%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221017_143439_2-scaled.jpg?w=1926&amp;ssl=1 1926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, five different parts corresponding to &#8220;the five arrows of Kama, the Hindu god of love and desire. Wonderful poems, with words that flow on the pages, even disturbing the &#8220;classical setup, horizontal, vertical, in a lighter colour or crossed out. 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