Author: Kristen Alvanson
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1916405231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Genre-defying fiction that accelerates "cross-cultural dialogue" into a kaleidoscopic rush of sensory estrangements, fairy tales, and alien encounters. "There's really no difference between us and them, so we're told…." Based on the author's experiences of living as an American in Iran, Kristen Alvanson's XYZT is a wildly imaginative dramatization of the idea of a "dialogue of civilizations" and its potentially outlandish ramifications. As part of an advanced technological test program, volunteers are shuttled back and forth between the US and Iran, hidden from the watchful eyes of immigration police and state bureaucracies. Each is given a single opportunity to be received by a local host and to have a brief authentic experience of what it means to live as “them” before being transported back home. But far from heralding the bliss of mutual recognition, the experiment unleashes a series of displacements so disorienting that the fabric of reality begins to fray. Ordinary people become entangled in extraordinary situations, and everyday life bleeds into mythological encounters, alternate universes and dark psychedelic journeys in alien lands where the real and the imaginary are indistinguishable. A treasury of tales told from multiple perspectives and in a multiplicity of styles, XYZT is an audacious cross-genre experiment, a firsthand memoir of what it means to see what "they" see, and a science-fictional, nonstandard engagement with anthropology in which cross-cultural encounters take on all the unpredictable features of a contemporary fairy tale.
XYZT
Author: Kristen Alvanson
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1916405231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Genre-defying fiction that accelerates "cross-cultural dialogue" into a kaleidoscopic rush of sensory estrangements, fairy tales, and alien encounters. "There's really no difference between us and them, so we're told…." Based on the author's experiences of living as an American in Iran, Kristen Alvanson's XYZT is a wildly imaginative dramatization of the idea of a "dialogue of civilizations" and its potentially outlandish ramifications. As part of an advanced technological test program, volunteers are shuttled back and forth between the US and Iran, hidden from the watchful eyes of immigration police and state bureaucracies. Each is given a single opportunity to be received by a local host and to have a brief authentic experience of what it means to live as “them” before being transported back home. But far from heralding the bliss of mutual recognition, the experiment unleashes a series of displacements so disorienting that the fabric of reality begins to fray. Ordinary people become entangled in extraordinary situations, and everyday life bleeds into mythological encounters, alternate universes and dark psychedelic journeys in alien lands where the real and the imaginary are indistinguishable. A treasury of tales told from multiple perspectives and in a multiplicity of styles, XYZT is an audacious cross-genre experiment, a firsthand memoir of what it means to see what "they" see, and a science-fictional, nonstandard engagement with anthropology in which cross-cultural encounters take on all the unpredictable features of a contemporary fairy tale.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1916405231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Genre-defying fiction that accelerates "cross-cultural dialogue" into a kaleidoscopic rush of sensory estrangements, fairy tales, and alien encounters. "There's really no difference between us and them, so we're told…." Based on the author's experiences of living as an American in Iran, Kristen Alvanson's XYZT is a wildly imaginative dramatization of the idea of a "dialogue of civilizations" and its potentially outlandish ramifications. As part of an advanced technological test program, volunteers are shuttled back and forth between the US and Iran, hidden from the watchful eyes of immigration police and state bureaucracies. Each is given a single opportunity to be received by a local host and to have a brief authentic experience of what it means to live as “them” before being transported back home. But far from heralding the bliss of mutual recognition, the experiment unleashes a series of displacements so disorienting that the fabric of reality begins to fray. Ordinary people become entangled in extraordinary situations, and everyday life bleeds into mythological encounters, alternate universes and dark psychedelic journeys in alien lands where the real and the imaginary are indistinguishable. A treasury of tales told from multiple perspectives and in a multiplicity of styles, XYZT is an audacious cross-genre experiment, a firsthand memoir of what it means to see what "they" see, and a science-fictional, nonstandard engagement with anthropology in which cross-cultural encounters take on all the unpredictable features of a contemporary fairy tale.
Senate Documents
Author: United States Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : House document (United States. Congress. House)
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : House document (United States. Congress. House)
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended ...
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
House Documents
Author: United States House of Representatives
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year ...
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Commissioner of Patents Annual Report
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill
Author: Samuel Fitch Hotchkin
Publisher:
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Category : Chestnut Hill (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : Chestnut Hill (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Stet's Legacy
Author: Petr Barrow
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 0738822167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The world nearly died on Death´s Day. Those who survived the famine, war, and plagues which followed rebuilt what once was. Isolated subcontinents reclaimed the law and rule of humanity, the prize once won from the Dragons. With the wars of rebuilding fading slowly into memory, the legacy of a long dead wizard rekindled humanity´s true nature. On the isolated and forgotten land of Inopia, Othin Cairn, healer, student, and former slave, departs his university on a clear and simple task. His path crosses many others in the sparely populated land. His journey quickly turns from one of routine and order, into a turbulent passage from theory to fact. Now, during his first excursion, Othin rediscovers Inopia, the land formerly revealed to him through book and lecture. He meets and befriends Justinian Munney, a young royal traveling under the guise of ´Elroon Newhope,´ and the beguiling ´Lady´ Ansonia Forster. Justin and Ansonia reveal a land of indulgence and hope to the inexperienced healer. When the trio happen upon the tall wizard Rabisu, Othin is taught the darkness lurking beneath humanity. Rabisu, young, brash, and powerful fears none of the beings of Inopia. Yet he flees the dark cult of Pavidus and others who seek the tall man for his arcane knowledge and the prophecy linked to him. It is a forced alliance with Rabisu which enlightens Othin on the ugliness of a world devoid of reason, ruled by lust and greed. Kings willing to sacrifice their kingdoms for a vague power foretold and creatures and beings willing to die of a purse of gold. Othin Cairn and his companions are swept through the small yet diverse land of Inopia as they too attempt to unravel the enigma of prophecy. Is it chance, fate, or the fulfillment of haunting prophecies which forever ties Othin Cairn to Stet´s Legacy? Petr Barrow welcomes your questions and comments. E-mail him at [email protected]
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 0738822167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The world nearly died on Death´s Day. Those who survived the famine, war, and plagues which followed rebuilt what once was. Isolated subcontinents reclaimed the law and rule of humanity, the prize once won from the Dragons. With the wars of rebuilding fading slowly into memory, the legacy of a long dead wizard rekindled humanity´s true nature. On the isolated and forgotten land of Inopia, Othin Cairn, healer, student, and former slave, departs his university on a clear and simple task. His path crosses many others in the sparely populated land. His journey quickly turns from one of routine and order, into a turbulent passage from theory to fact. Now, during his first excursion, Othin rediscovers Inopia, the land formerly revealed to him through book and lecture. He meets and befriends Justinian Munney, a young royal traveling under the guise of ´Elroon Newhope,´ and the beguiling ´Lady´ Ansonia Forster. Justin and Ansonia reveal a land of indulgence and hope to the inexperienced healer. When the trio happen upon the tall wizard Rabisu, Othin is taught the darkness lurking beneath humanity. Rabisu, young, brash, and powerful fears none of the beings of Inopia. Yet he flees the dark cult of Pavidus and others who seek the tall man for his arcane knowledge and the prophecy linked to him. It is a forced alliance with Rabisu which enlightens Othin on the ugliness of a world devoid of reason, ruled by lust and greed. Kings willing to sacrifice their kingdoms for a vague power foretold and creatures and beings willing to die of a purse of gold. Othin Cairn and his companions are swept through the small yet diverse land of Inopia as they too attempt to unravel the enigma of prophecy. Is it chance, fate, or the fulfillment of haunting prophecies which forever ties Othin Cairn to Stet´s Legacy? Petr Barrow welcomes your questions and comments. E-mail him at [email protected]