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“Trialsanderrors” and “Racconish” |
In 99 99-word scenes, this lyrical travel memoir thrusts you into Trayle Kulshan’s round-trip journey from an undeveloped island in the Pacific Northwest to some of the most disastrous places on earth.
Flashes of Trayle’s childhood reveal a picturesque schoolhouse, a teepee, and a farm overshadowed by a predatory stepfather. Fast-forward to her travels, where a Siberian skeleton sets her free, only to be trapped by a smooth rapper. She transports you from a tragic marriage in Guinea marred by death and tradition to her own nuptials scheduled between meetings in Kenya to her Syrian sister-in-law’s wedding full of smoke machines. Revolving through nine foreign countries, Trayle draws lessons from each one as she witnesses goats and water and war. Her stories link the past to the present, the common to the bizarre, and the imagined to reality. In piercing (and sometimes uncomfortable) detail, she offers surprising ways of experiencing the world while exposing her own shame and renewal. (And there's art.) |
CONTENTS
Preface
Context
Map
Context
Map
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I Apple Island — To be a child
II Russia — To find freedom III Guinea — To turn outside in IV Congo — To tell a story V Afghanistan — To hear a story VI Kenya — To dig it up VII Haiti — To build an ego VIII Syria — To discover history IX Egypt — To lift layers X Dubai — To be of value XI Apple Island — To return |
Afterword
Glossary
List of Art
Glossary
List of Art
Cover images: “McLean's optical illusions.” T. McLean. 1833. 1 portfolio : 11 lithographs on discs, hand-colored, discs are to be spun on a spindle, and observed in a mirror, to create the illusion of a moving image, 25 x 25 cm. From: Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003675526/
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