Invisible Countries: The Cahier Series 30 - Softcover

Brownrigg, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909631248 ISBN 13: 9781909631243

Publisher: Sylph Editions, 2020

Synopsis

A woman travels to seven "invisible" countries, and from the moment of arrival she is surprised, challenged, and disturbed by what she discovers. In the brightly colored and somewhat sinister world conjured by American novelist Sylvia Brownrigg, what is standard--passing through customs, checking in to a hotel, pronouncing words in a foreign language--becomes challenging and fraught. A traveler's search for adventure vies with the anxiety provoked by the oddity of the unfamiliar. In Invisible Countries, Brownrigg explores border-crossing, cultural misunderstanding, touristic voyeurism, and naivete as her visitor attempts to navigate the environments she encounters. Accompanying the text are images by renowned British artist Tacita Dean, which extend the traveler's journeys into spheres that turn almost uncanny in their combination of abstraction and realistic detail.

About this title

About the Author:

Sylvia Brownrigg is the author of seven books of fiction, including Pages for Her and Pages for You. Her reviews appear in the New York Times, Guardian, and the Times Literary Supplement, and she taught at the American University in Paris. She divides her time between Berkeley, California, and London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sylph Editions
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1909631248
• ISBN 13: 9781909631243
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40