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Diary of a Steak (New Writing)

4/5 ( ratings)

Deborah Levy’s witty take on the hysteria surrounding ‘Mad Cow Disease’ is both highly amusing and deeply disturbing. Written in the form of a diary of a steak in a butcher’s shop, the narrative charts a progression into madness. Using typographical errors, omissions and forays into other languages, Deborah Levy describes a “mind that has been symbolically culled”. Referencing Freud, psychoanalysis, Jean-Martin Charcot, the English pride in madness and the herd mentality, Diary of a Steak is both thought-provoking and poignant.

Language: English

Pages: 52

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Book Works

Release: May 08, 1997

ISBN: 1870699297

ISBN 13: 9781870699297

Diary of a Steak (New Writing)

4/5 ( ratings)

Deborah Levy’s witty take on the hysteria surrounding ‘Mad Cow Disease’ is both highly amusing and deeply disturbing. Written in the form of a diary of a steak in a butcher’s shop, the narrative charts a progression into madness. Using typographical errors, omissions and forays into other languages, Deborah Levy describes a “mind that has been symbolically culled”. Referencing Freud, psychoanalysis, Jean-Martin Charcot, the English pride in madness and the herd mentality, Diary of a Steak is both thought-provoking and poignant.

Language: English

Pages: 52

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Book Works

Release: May 08, 1997

ISBN: 1870699297

ISBN 13: 9781870699297

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