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O'Sonata Author: Chris Edwards

ISBN: 9781922181459 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 128 Published: 1 April 2016 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 20.3 x 0.9 Description: O Sonata is a suite of renditions-performances, interpretations, transliterations, transmogrifications- of Rainer Maria Rilke's Sonette an Orpheus, presented here as a parallel text. Dramatising the mythic role of Orpheus as "futile Male" ("a dick" according to Eurydice), Chris Edwards' renditions also comprise interrogations of the lyric impulse, transported here to an "Underland" where "becoming begets begone."

About the Author

Chris Edwards grew up in the Boston suburbs and graduated from Colgate University with degrees in Psychology and Sociology. In 1993 he took a job as a copywriter at Arnold, a high profile Boston ad agency owned and run by his father, Ed Eskandarian, a well-known figure in the advertising world. There he bravely and openly transitioned from female to male and launched an award-winning career spanning nearly 20 years.

His best-known creative projects include the McDonald's singing fish ("Gimme back that Filet-o-Fish, gimme that fish") and the YouTube McNuggets Rapper Guys ("I'm into Nuggets y'all"). Both TV spots became pop culture sensations. He recently left his post as EVP, Group Creative Director t...

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