The Puppet Oresteia (2011)

[Book design: William T. Ayton]

Scenes from
The Puppet Oresteia
Text by Jack Ross
Artwork by William T. Ayton
ISBN 978-0-473-18881-8
Rhinebeck, NY: Narcissus Press / Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2011
24 ink drawings / 44 pp.

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CONTENTS

I – Iphigenia, or Happy Families

Chorus 1 - Cursed with prophecy
Scene 1: The Palace at Mycenae
Chorus 2 - I ran through the wood
Chorus 3 - Little girl lost

II – Cassandra, or Payback is a Bitch

Chorus 4 - Joy lives with those
Scene 2: The Palace at Mycenae
Chorus 5 - Cursed with second sight
Chorus 6 - See how Apollo

III – Orestes, or Never say Never

Chorus 7 - The labour pains
Scene 3: The Seashore at Tauris
Chorus 8 - There she goes
Chorus 9 - Drops of holy water

Epilogue

Chorus 10 - Noise is like flame

[William T. Ayton: A Strange Nest]

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Samples:

Papyri

The Imaginary Museum

William T. Ayton Art Blog

Works & Days

[William T. Ayton: The Seashore at Tauris]

Available:

lulu.com
[as a File Download ($US 2.99)
or Print-on-demand publication ($US 15.00)]

Narcissus Press
Rhinebeck
NY
USA

Perdrix Press
6A Hastings Rd
Mairangi Bay
Auckland 0630
New Zealand

RRP: $US 15 / $NZ 20

[Back cover]

Reviews & Comments:

1. William T. Ayton, "Scenes from The Puppet Oresteia." William T. Ayton Art Blog (2/5/11):
   

   
   In recent weeks, I've been working on a collaboration with New Zealand poet Jack Ross. The result is a chapbook entitled "Scenes from The Puppet Oresteia", based on the classic Greek trilogy of tragic plays by Aeschylus, updated into a more contemporary setting, that of a play performed by children in their puppet theater, whilst still paying homage to the original. The chapbook is 44 pages, with 24 ink drawings (21 of them brand new for this project) by myself. The book will be available soon, as a co-production between Perdrix Press (Ross) and Narcissus Press (the small press my wife Diana & I founded) ...

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A Bus Called Mr Nice Guy (2005)

Cover photograph: K Ramanathan / Cover design: Jack Ross
(Mumbai, India - 15/1/02)

A Bus Called Mr Nice Guy
Poems by Jack Ross
ISBN 0-473-10526-8
Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2005
[ii] + 50 pp. / [50 signed & numbered copies]

[out of print]





Map of South India: Matthew Kelly (2005)

CONTENTS

Letter to Gabriel White

1. Mysore:
   • - Timekeeper to the nation
   • - Black eyebrows nose
2. Bangalore (i):
   • - It was waiting for me
   • - Is it on the outside?
3. Bangalore (ii):
   • - Soon to be full six
   • - Self-conscious in a chair
4. Pondicherry:
   • - Long live classical divine Tamil
   • - As crêpes they’re crap
5. Thanjavur:
   • - Always in a crowd
   • - Put that pen away
6. Madurai:
   • - Once is never enough
   • - Not knowing where we’re going
7. Kodaikanal:
   • - Van Allen Hospital
   • - Black cow lies in the road
8. Kodai / Kanyakumari:
   • - Is this going to stay
   • - They like to see me writing
9. Cape Comorin:
   • - The deer doesn’t enter
   • - He is not a man
10. Trivandrum:
    • - They can make anything
    • - Haunted eyes
11. Kathakali:
    • - A lot of action
    • - This is my first
12. Varkala:
    • - Meine Damen und Herren
    • - The tank’s refilled
13. Quilon / Alleppey:
    • - No-time the expanse
    • - Helping the Down Trodden
14. Fort Cochin:
    • - Harbour full of islands
    • - How do you like Kochi?
15. Ernakulam:
    • - Human contact
    • - Do I exaggerate?
16. Kochi / Bangalore:
    • - Light on the tracks
    • - One’s the buffoon
17. Bangalore / Panjim:
    • - The hooded horror
    • - Sophie Marceau
18. Panjim:
    • - Fishermen
    • - Inside the cabin
19. North Goa:
    • - I’ve caught up with myself
    • - Palolem Vagatur
20. Madgaon:
    • - Is it the moment?
    • - Ahead of myself
21. Madgaon / Bombay:
    • - White herons taking flight
    • - Life must go on
22. Bombay:
    • - That is the biggest
    • - I can laugh about it now
23. Auckland:
    • - New construction Amcare
    • - An alien species
24. A B C

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Available:

Perdrix Press
6A Hastings Rd
Mairangi Bay
North Shore City 0630
Auckland

RRP: $NZ 20.00 [out of print]

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photograph: Jack Ross
(Bangalore, India - 22/1/02)

Reviews & Comments:

1. Raewyn Alexander. Takahe 57 (2006): 59.
   

   
   Prose, poetry, observations and quotes conjure up through their vivid everyday otherness, a sense of travelling along with Ross through India ... This book speaks of travel, danger, poverty, oddities, commerce and friendship, and in its fractured elegance evokes a picture of one man’s experience in a land quite foreign to him.

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