Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Literary
  • Language:English
  • Pages:196
  • Paperback ISBN:9781098318147

Humans, Consciousness, and Everything in Between

By Emily Kavic

Overview

Somewhere in Manhattan, tucked away in a little alleyway, is a couch. "Humans, Consciousness, and Everything in Between" romps about in the mire of this curious and unassuming creature's thoughts. From factory to mental asylum, hospital to studio apartment, the couch's interaction with unknowing humans greatly informs its transformation, one which begins to take on a striking semblance to a counter-Gregor Samsa awakening.
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Description

Somewhere in Manhattan, tucked away in a little alleyway, is a couch. "Humans, Consciousness, and Everything in Between" romps about in the mire of this curious and unassuming creature's thoughts. From factory to mental asylum, hospital to studio apartment, the couch's interaction with unknowing humans greatly informs its transformation, one which begins to take on a striking semblance to a counter-Gregor Samsa awakening. Who better to lend a hand in explaining the paradoxical and convoluted tangle of World Wars and gender-based stigma than an inanimate, threadbare object that's been idling in heaps of trash?
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About The Author

Emily Kavic is a sophomore at Glenelg Country School and an avid student with an unbridled passion for all things writing. A National Ambassador for Project HEAL, she is an outspoken advocate for the eating disorder community and hopes to forge a sense of camaraderie amongst those in recovery. When she is not writing, she can generally be found poking her nose into canonical Russian literature, indulging in light philosophical banter, or pondering the zeitgeist.
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