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The Avian Hourglass

By Lindsey Drager

The Avian Hourglass

By Lindsey Drager

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“Splendidly odd and arresting.”—Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Ghost Variations and The Illumination At once an ode to birds, an elegy to space, and a journey into the most haunted and uncanny corners of the human mind, The Avian Hourglass showcases Lindsey Drager’s signature brilliance in a stunning, surrealist novel for fans of Jesse Ball, Helen Oyeyemi, Yoko Ogawa, and Shirley Jackson The birds have disappeared. The stars are no longer visible. The Crisis is growing worse. In a town as isolated as a snowglobe, a woman who dreams of becoming a radio astronomer struggles to raise the triplets she gave birth to as a gestational surrogate, whose parents were killed in a car accident. Surrounded by characters who wear wings, memorize etymologies, and build gigantic bird nests, and bound to this town in which young adults must decide between two binary worldviews—either YES or NO—the woman is haunted by the old fable of the Girl in Glass Vessel, a cautionary tale about prying back the façade of one’s world. When events begin to unfold that suggest a local legend about the town being the whole of the universe might be true, the woman finds her understanding of her own life–and her reality–slipping through her fingers. A reflection on mental health, the climate emergency, political polarization, and the growing reliance on technology, The Avian Hourglass asks readers to reframe how they conceive of a series of concentric understandings of home: the globe, one’s country, one’s town, one’s family, and one’s own body.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
212
Release Date:
2024-08-13
Publication Date:
2024-08-13
Publisher:
Dzanc Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1950539970
ISBN13:
9781950539970
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
272 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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