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The boy in the labyrinth
- Title
- The boy in the labyrinth / Oliver de la Paz.
- Author
- De la Paz, Oliver, 1972-
- Publication
- Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-10555 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 155 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In a long sequence of prose poems, questionnaires, and standardized tests, The Boy in the Labyrinth interrogates the language of autism and the language barriers between parents, their children, and the fractured medium of science and school. Structured as a Greek play, the book opens with a parents' earnest quest for answers, understanding, and doubt. Each section of the Three Act is highlighted by "Autism Spectrum Questionnaires" which are in dialogue with and in opposition to what the parent perceives to be their relationship with their child. Interspersed throughout each section are sequences of standardized test questions akin to those one would find in grade school, except these questions unravel into deeper mysteries. The depth of the book is told in a series of episodic prose poems that parallel the parable of Theseus and the Minotaur. In these short clips of montage the unnamed "boy" explores his world and the world of perception, all the while hearing the rumblings of the Minotaur somewhere in the heart of an immense Labyrinth. Through the medium of this allusion, de la Paz meditates on failures, foundering, and the possibility of finding one's way"--
- Series Statement
- Akron series in poetry
- Uniform Title
- Akron series in poetry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10555
- ISBN
- 9781629221724
- 1629221724
- 9781629221731 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781629221748 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019023505
- OCLC
- 1104853149
- Author
- De la Paz, Oliver, 1972- author.
- Title
- The boy in the labyrinth / Oliver de la Paz.
- Publisher
- Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Akron series in poetryAkron series in poetry.
- Other Form:
- Online version: de la Paz, Oliver, 1972- The boy in the labyrinth Akron : University of Akron Press, 2019. 9781629221731 (DLC) 2019023506
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10555