{"product_id":"the-avian-hourglass-9781950539970","title":"The Avian Hourglass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once an ode to birds, an elegy to space, and a journey into the most haunted and uncanny corners of the human mind, \u003ci\u003eThe Avian Hourglass\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Lindsey Drager's signature brilliance in a stunning, surrealist novel for fans of Jesse Ball, Helen Oyeyemi, Yoko Ogawa, and Shirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 worldviews--either YES or NO--the woman is haunted by the old fable of the Girl in Glass Vessel, a cautionary tale about prying back the fa?ade of one's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 life-and her reality-slipping through her fingers. A reflection on mental health, the climate emergency, political polarization, and the growing reliance on technology, \u003ci\u003eThe Avian Hourglass\u003c\/i\u003e asks readers to reframe how they conceive of a series of concentric understandings of home: the globe, one's country, one's town, one's family, and one's own body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950539970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212","brand":"Lindsey Drager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315108638901,"sku":"9781950539970","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8d04b10e-0898-44b1-bb0f-9eddbeaa864d.jpg?v=1718720243","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-avian-hourglass-9781950539970","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}