| 词条 | The Age of Wire and String |
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| name = The Age of Wire and String | image = File:The Age of Wire and String bookcover.jpg | caption = Hardcover edition | alt = | author = Ben Marcus | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Postmodern literature | published = October 31, 1995 | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | media_type = Print | pages = 140 pp. | awards = | isbn = 0-67942-660-4 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | wikisource = }} The Age of Wire and String is Ben Marcus's first book, published in 1995. The book is composed of 8 sections, divided into 41 parts, which combine technical language with lyrical imagery to form a sort of Postmodern catalog by turns surreal, fantastic, and self-referential. ContentsThe book begins with an "argument", which sets the terms and the tone for the rest of the book:
The rest of the book is divided into eight sections—Sleep, God, Food, The House, Animal, Weather, Persons, and The Society—each including five or six short fictions and ending with a glossary of terms. These terms are either invented (e.g. "CLOTH-EATERS" or "GERVIN"), or redefinitions of known words and concepts (e.g. "CARL—Name applied to food built from textiles, sticks, and rags."[2]). References1. ^Marcus, Ben. The Age of Wire and String. Illinois: Dalkey Archive Press, 1998. p. 3. 2. ^Marcus, p. 41. External links
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