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Impossible Owls
Author: Brian Phillips
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Retail Price: | $24.99 |
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ISBN: 9781474607841
Format: Paperback
Published: November 2020
Published By: Hachette Australia
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Published: November 2020
Published By: Hachette Australia
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A vibrant, surprising and thought-provoking collection of long-form essays from an exciting new literary voice who has been compared to John Jeremiah Sullivan, David Foster Wallace and Janet MalcolmA vibrant, surprising and thought-provoking collection of long-form essays from an exciting new literary voice who has been compared to John Jeremiah Sullivan, David Foster Wallace and Janet MalcolmFrom its opening journey into remote Alaska for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, IMPOSSIBLE OWLS leads us on a kaleidoscopic exploration of contemporary reality. Brian Phillips takes us to a sumo tournament in Japan, the jungle in India, the studio of a great Russian animator, a royal tour of the Yukon Territory with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and into the weird heart of America. This exhilarating debut visits borders both real and imagined, and asks what it means, in our age, to travel to the end of the map.