The Invention of Lars Ruth

<p>On a remote forest farm in northern Sweden the static of Lars Ruth's unsettled mind is fizzing. Voices. Sightings. Encounters real and imagined hint at a fractured and fragmentary life. Something is falling apart - something coming together.</p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Invention of Lars Ruth</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an intimate visionary exploration of psychic disquiet. Its themes of remembrance and aloneness spiral around an evasive haunting figure. But who is Lars? His voice is the echo to a volatile mind aware of its disintegration fearful of imminent collapse. Only by re-imagining his place in the natural world and the mysterious creatures in it can Lars Ruth secure his newly awakening self.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>?</span>George Messo's fifth book of poems is a richly inventive candid reflection on the individual nature of mental distress; a darkly playful bold new collection from one of Shearsman's most reticent poets.</p><p><br></p>