{"title":"John A. Scott","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn A. Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e explores themes of human experience with a distinctive voice that blends poetic insight and cultural reflection. His works invite readers to ponder the nuances of life through evocative language and thoughtful narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Scott's books offer a rich tapestry of ideas, making them ideal for those interested in deeper artistic and intellectual engagement. His writing challenges and enriches the reader’s perspective on contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shorter-lives-by-john-a-scott-9781925780482","title":"Shorter Lives","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShorter Lives\u003c\/i\u003e' histories of notable creators (and notable enablers of the creative) drift away from conventional tellings to offer alternative facts and believable untruths. No small part of the author's extensive research, however, has been the trawling of existing biographies for unrepresentative, yet documented, instances of the bizarre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn our post-truth world of fake news and mythmaking, Scott's revised biographies make a significant contribution to both speculative fiction and the developing field of non-fiction poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShorter Lives\u003c\/i\u003e plunges below the received biographies of the writers it examines to disinter the emotional, psychological, erotic and other secrets that arguably underpin, explain and give force to their work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe results are sometimes unsettling, sometimes confounding, sometimes electric, and almost always absorbing. Scott's distillations of the lives of some of the writers and artists concerned - the Woolfs, Rimbaud, Picasso - contain a deep probing of Modernity itself, a looking backward to better understand our current aesthetic and the challenges it faces.\u003c\/b\u003e - David Brooks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fern Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432552612076,"sku":"9781925780482","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925780482.jpg?v=1774555308"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/john-a-scott.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}