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    Akrasia
    Akrasia
    Akrasia
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    Akrasia

    By Don A Lashomb

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    A robot endlessly navigating a snowy wilderness in search of people who aren't there. Two lovers trying to feel good about not having children. A girl and her siblings listening to their grandmother's old stories during a storm. An artist responding to questions about his comeback after a coma. A futuristic train circumnavigating the globe, hiding from the sun. AKRASIA is a longform poetic work somewhat reminiscent of T.S. Eliot's "Waste Land". Various narratives loop together like interlinked Moebius strips, obeying a logic not unlike that of a David Lynch movie or a David Bowie concept album.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon A Lashomb
    Release dateMay 26, 2014
    ISBN9781311298461
    Akrasia
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    Don A Lashomb

    donalashomb[at]gmail[dot]com

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