The Circle and the Equator (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781742589237)

In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains; a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine; a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a grandmother hatches a plan when a Hollywood star comes to town; while during the war in Vietnam, fate and superstition guide a Filipino cook toward a new vocation; and in Weimar Berlin, a young man's efforts to rehabilitate himself are derailed by a charismatic artist. Confronting, moving, and brilliantly original, Kyra Giorgi's fascinating stories loop through time and place to delve into the lives of those caught at the articulation points of history. Deftly balancing the personal and the political with the historical and the medical, they explore the impact of conflict, the ethics of treatment and care, and the lengths to which we will go to preserve who we are. [Subject: Fiction, Short Stories]

Author: Kyra Giorgi
ISBN-10: 1742589235
ISBN-13: 9781742589237
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2017
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.46d