The circle and the equator /
In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains, a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine and a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a gr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Crawley, Western Australia :
University of Western Australia Publishing,
2017.
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| Summary: | In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains, a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine and a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a grandmother hatches a plan when a Hollywood star comes to town, while during the war in Vietnam, fate and superstition guide a Filipino cook toward a new vocation and in Weimar Berlin, a young man's efforts to rehabilitate himself are derailed by a charismatic artist. |
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| Physical Description: | 205 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781742589237 1742589235 |