{"product_id":"pig-data-anne-vegter-astrid-alben-trans","title":"Pig Data - Anne Vegter, Astrid Alben (trans.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA ground-breaking work of contemporary Dutch poetry, following the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eIsland mountain glacier\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), Anne Vegter’s '\u003cem\u003ePig Data'\u003c\/em\u003e exposes 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003efigures – the South African poet Ingrid Jonker, the mythical witch Medea, and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eprovocative poetic ‘I’ (evoking the trope of the ‘scorned woman’) – to interrogate \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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003evicious and vulgar, infused with humour and absurdist overtones, brought to life through \u003c\/span\u003eAstrid Alben’s virtuosic translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Pig Data'\u003c\/em\u003e fearlessly rebuffs the comforts of traditional form, revelling in contradictions, \u003c\/span\u003emoving between luminous vulnerability and a fractured, explosive urgency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrototype, 2026\u003cbr\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 164 pages\u003cbr\u003e178mm x 112mm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49283781132471,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/0849\/1447\/files\/pigdata.jpg?v=1790933543","url":"https:\/\/sonnu.net\/products\/pig-data-anne-vegter-astrid-alben-trans","provider":"SONNU ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}