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 Dragers signature brilliance in a stunning, surrealist novel for fans of Jesse Ball, Helen Oyeyemi, Yoko Ogawa, and Shirley JacksonThe 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 worldviewseither YES or NO&#8212the woman is haunted by the old fable of the Girl in Glass Vessel, a cautionary tale about prying back the fa&#231ade of one&#8217s 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 lifeand her reality&#8211slipping 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&#8217s country, one&#8217s town, one&#8217s family, and one&#8217s own body.

Binding: Paperback;212 pages; Publisher: Dzanc Books; Classification: FA; Weight: 384 g; Dimensions: 139 x 217 x 15

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