{"product_id":"pig-data","title":"Pig Data","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"A ground-breaking work of contemporary Dutch poetry, following the acclaimed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsland mountain glacier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2022), Anne Vegter’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePig Data\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexposes the raw nerves of power and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe collection orchestrates a mythic and historical collision between three formidable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efigures – the South African poet Ingrid Jonker, the mythical witch Medea, and a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eprovocative poetic ‘I’ (evoking the trope of the ‘scorned woman’) – to interrogate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ethe male gaze and the transformative potential of female rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eVegter’s poems tease language to its limit, with a restless energy that is dynamic,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003evicious and vulgar, infused with humour and absurdist overtones, brought to life through\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAstrid Alben’s virtuosic translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePig Data\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efearlessly rebuffs the comforts of traditional form, revelling in contradictions,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003emoving between luminous vulnerability and a fractured, explosive urgency.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTranslated by Astrid Alben.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anne Vegter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57205603959162,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/7703DA98-A1BA-4113-8796-ACAE9C0F47E7.jpg?v=1788016596","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/pig-data","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}