{"id":2404,"date":"2024-04-14T12:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T02:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/?page_id=2404"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:47:39","slug":"books-imd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/books\/books-imd\/","title":{"rendered":"In Medio Dierum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2404\" class=\"elementor elementor-2404\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51f314f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51f314f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24cb251c\" data-id=\"24cb251c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-871ac18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-woocommerce-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"871ac18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0f0a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d0f0a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Medio Dierum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ac4a2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"59ac4a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20601c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20601c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/h3><p><em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> [In the Middle of Days] is a story written by Catherine Dean (from <em>In Living Memory<\/em>) as a fictionalised biographical instrument to record the extraordinary adult life and philosophical thought of Gabriella Barton, through her own eyes and the eyes of those closest to her. The narrative is a pastiche of personal diaries, Gabriella\u2019s Master&#8217;s thesis on Nietzsche, excerpts from Cate\u2019s unfinished novel, imagined conversations, letters, lists and other found literary objects such as poems and song lyrics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bd99b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bd99b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12031aa\" data-id=\"12031aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5240799 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5240799\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2957\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2-300x388.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Front-Cover-Mock-Up-v2-600x776.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35821c3 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"35821c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Preorders not yet available<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f016396\" data-id=\"f016396\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08c5c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f08c5c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It follows the story of Imogen (Gabriella&#8217;s character), a young, intelligent, beautiful woman, who&#8217;d been adopted as a baby by a wealthy bohemian couple, and grown up surrounded by love and art and provocative ideas. But in her middle teens she&#8217;d been tragically orphaned, only to be taken in by her uncle and his family to a more traditional but equally loving home.<\/p><p>In her university years she meets the love of her life, and together they begin to forge a life of great passion, self-discovery and intellectual endeavour, But Imogen&#8217;s thirst for bold ideas and esoteric debate struggles to co-exist with her lover&#8217;s affinity to the quiet magic of wilderness and artistic expression. Their perfect life collapses and they go their separate ways, but their love endures.<\/p><p>Several years later Imogen meets the second love of her life, and the story follows their blossoming love affair as they leave Australia for Imogen&#8217;s studies and their travels in Europe, all the while being shadowed by a deadly secret, about which she&#8217;d never been told. With their eventual return to Melbourne, Imogen is reconnected with the people and places that helped shape her brilliant philosophy of life.<\/p><p>It\u2019s a coming-of-age story, a love story, a story of forgiveness and regret, a meditation on intellectual passion. <em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> asks us to consider when the price of destiny is too high, and whether the cost of suffering and sacrifice can ever be justified.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a30c5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a6a30c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e44ee63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e44ee63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Progress Update<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a8a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99a8a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> was to have been the third book written in the collection, but has been gazumped by <em>In Absentia Lucis<\/em>, which is provisionally due for release in December 2027. This will push back the release of <em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> until at least late 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cd1f1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a4cd1f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b38bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b38bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book Club Pack<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ac518f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ac518f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Book Club Pack for <em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> should be completed within four months of release, which is currently scheduled for late 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764127d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"764127d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa582ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa582ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Published Reviews<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da4cd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8da4cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There have been as yet no published reviews of\u00a0<em>In Medio Dierum.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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