A Leopard's Kiss (incl postage)
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From the mountains of an ancient Sicilian village, to the
ornate cafes and lounges of Palermo...
From the humid North Queensland cane-fields, to a
Catholic convent in Melbourne’s north...
A Leopard’s Kiss entwines two dreamlike stories of change
and becoming.
In a time of upheaval, Tomasi di Lampedusa, the last Prince
in a long and noble Sicilian line, endures the frustration and
joy of writing his famous novel, The Leopard, whilst nearby
a young couple farewell their home to settle in far-off
Australia.
Beautifully written in a sparkling and poetic style, A
Leopard’s Kiss provides a vivid new account of the pathos
of migration
A fine artist book in a limited edition of 12, consisting of 9
etchings and 12 poetic texts exploring the textures of
contemporary narcissism, with particular focus on how
recent technological forms inherit a classical and
mythological lineage.
Through the acerbic intricacy of Jiri Tibor Novak’s
masterful etchings, and the lyrical ironies of esteemed
Australian writer Gregory Day, ‘a smile at arm’s length’
surveys the continuities and disjunctures between the
Narcissus figure of classical mythology, the blown-hand
stencils of aboriginal Australia, and the follies and
pleasures of 21st century digital obsessions with the self-
reflected image.