Millions of books in English, Spanish and other languages. Free UK delivery 

menu

0
  • argentina
  • chile
  • colombia
  • españa
  • méxico
  • perú
  • estados unidos
  • internacional
portada Pilot Impostor
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2021
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
18.3 x 17.5 x 1.8 cm
Weight
0.45 kg.
ISBN13
9781593767013

Pilot Impostor

James Hannaham (Author) · Soft Skull · Hardcover

Pilot Impostor - Hannaham, James

New Book

£ 21.88

  • Condition: New
Origin: U.S.A. (Import costs included in the price)
It will be shipped from our warehouse between Wednesday, July 03 and Tuesday, July 16.
You will receive it anywhere in United Kingdom between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.

Synopsis "Pilot Impostor"

A startling, shape-shifting book of prose and images that draws on an unexpected pair of inspirations--the poetry of Fernando Pessoa and the history of air disasters--to investigate con men, identity politics, failures of leadership, the privilege of ineptitude, the slave trade, and the nature of consciousness. Early in 2017, on a plane from Cape Verde to Lisbon, author and visual artist James Hannaham started reading Pessoa & Co., Richard Zenith's English translation of Fernando Pessoa's selected poetry. This was two months after Trump's presidential election; like many people, ideas about unfitness for service and failures of leadership were on his mind. Imagine his consternation upon discovering the first line of the first poem in the book: "I've never kept sheep/But it's as if I did." The Portuguese, Hannaham had been musing, were responsible for jump-starting colonialism and the slave trade. Pessoa published one book in Portuguese in his lifetime, Mensagem, which consisted of paeans to European explorers. He also invented about seventy-five alter egos, each with a unique name and style, long before aliases and avatars became a feature of modern culture. Hannaham felt compelled to engage with Pessoa's work. Once in Lisbon, he began a practice of reading a poem from Zenith's anthology and responding in whatever mode seemed to click. Even before his trip, however, he had become fascinated by Air Disasters, a TV show that tells the story of different plane crashes in each of its episodes. These stories--as well as the textures and squares of the city he was visiting--began to resonate with his concerns and Pessoa's, and make their way into the book. Through its inspirations and juxtapositions and its agile shifts of voice and form--from meme to fiction to aphorism to screenshot to lyric--the book leads us to reckon with the most universal questions. What is the self? What holds the self--multiple, fragmented, performative, increasingly algorithmically controlled, constantly under threat of death--intact and aloft?

Customers reviews

More customer reviews
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

All books in our catalog are Original.
The book is written in English.
The binding of this edition is Hardcover.

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews