Presence : a novel /

At Treasure Island, a humanly made island in the San Francisco Bay, a performance troupe dressed in hazmat suits articulate gestures that resemble toxic remediation. As they become more attuned to the site and to its history and ecology, enigmatic presences infiltrate their spacetime. Are they from...

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Main Author: Iijima, Brenda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2024].

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