Impossible Owls : Essays from the Ends of the World Paperback / softback
by Brian Phillips
Paperback / softback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hilarious, nimble, and thoroughly illuminating' Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad'Recalls the work of John Jeremiah Sullivan and the late David Foster Wallace, with a dash of Janet Malcolm' VogueFrom 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:12/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781474607841
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:12/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474607841