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"Stephanie de Montalk tells the story of the chronic pain that has invaded her life for more than ten years. She considers how her early experiences have been cast into fresh relief by what she has endured, then goes back in time to investigate the lives and works of three writers who also lived with and wrote about pain: 'the consolator', English social theorist Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), 'the vendor of happiness', French novelist Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), and 'the imago', Polish poet Aleksander Wat (1900-1967). Through these explorations De Montalk confronts the paradox of writing about suffering: where we can turn when the pain is beyond words? A unique blend of memoir, imaginative biography and poetry"--Publisher information

Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk born in Auckland in 1903 was a poet but his work was boycotted by the mainstream literary establishment for reasons he believed because of his politics. His life was extraordinarily full but his literary legacy is under debate because of his social and political activities.

Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk born in Auckland in 1903 was a poet but his work was boycotted by the mainstream literary establishment for reasons he believed because of his politics. His life was extraordinarily full but his literary legacy is under debate because of his social and political activities.