Paracelsus’ Trouble with Sundays
Paracelcus’ Trouble with Sundays is a work of poetry presented in the form of a fragmented novel. Alongside imagery by Kenji Siratori, the book condenses the analog and the digital, operating through the insertion of (digitally inspired) poetry into a realm normally reserved for the prose page—in short, the emergence of poetry out of the realm of the prosaic.
The volume is available at select bookstores in Japan and Berlin. Online, it can be purchased at this link.
Thank you to the Brooklyn Rail , Bomb Magazine , Folder Magazine , No Materialism and Blazing Stadium for publishing excepts of the poems, and to publisher Kenji Siratori for the addition of original visuals and further creative direction.
"What holds a narrative together and gives presence to its myriad representations is the chronotope: the narratological reification of time and space welded as one via the technology of narrative. Bakhtin writes that that chronotope explains how in literature time “thickens, takes on flesh, becomes artistically visible” and “space becomes charged and responsive to the movements of time, plot and history”; yet time in Grunthaner Paracelsus’ Trouble With Sundays diffuses, turns to dust, and, when given breath, prismatically stochastizes while space reiterates itself in 2.7095 dimensions. Not only a work of explosive memetics, handwritten marginalia, superimpositions, cut-up, conceptual noise, and visual art by multimedia iconoclast Kenji Siratori, Paracelsus’ Trouble With Sundays ultimately enacts the potency of supermodern narrative structures marked strictly by their obtuse refusal to represent a world as it was handed to us." - Andrew C. Wenaus, author of Ω - 1 Chronotopologic Workings and director of The Ministry of Transrational Research into Anastrophic Manifolds
Jeffrey Grunthaner's "Paracelsus' Trouble With Sundays" and his broader body of work represent a departure from conventional poetry. His unconventional poetics invite readers to explore the boundaries of language and expression, offering a unique blend of narrative, adventure, and humor. Through his exploration of various creative forms, from visuals to music, Grunthaner demonstrates that poetry is not confined to a singular medium. Instead, it is a dynamic and ever-evolving art form that can transcend conventional norms. His work serves as a testament to the enduring power of language to capture the ineffable and open doors to new realms of experience.- Praise for Paracelsus’ Trouble with Sundays by Andrew C. Wenus
