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Habilis

Alyssa Quinn
3.68/5 (148 ratings)
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A hallucinatory exploration into the origins of humans and human language perfect for fans of Brian Evenson and Eimear McBride.

Lucy, a young woman with an uncertain past, finds herself thrust into a mysterious anthropology museum that converts into a disco club each night. Moving through its labyrinthine galleries, she tries to construct an origin story for herself and for her species. But as the night progresses, her grip on language and identity slips away until the exhibit captions rupture the text, transporting us to East Africa, where the lives of three people—British anthropologist Mary Leakey, an Indian indentured laborer building the Uganda Railway, and a curator with too many secrets—interweave to reveal the darker side of the search for origins.

Surreal, spiraling, and daringly innovative, Habilis is all at once a historical reconstruction, a psychological horror, a mystery, a ghost story, and a creation myth. But above all, it is a meditation on language, desire, and the stories we tell about ourselves—especially those that might unravel us.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
211 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Dzanc Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1950539474
ISBN13:
9781950539475
kindle Asin:
B0BHZ1G9YG

Habilis

Alyssa Quinn
3.68/5 (148 ratings)
Read Download
A hallucinatory exploration into the origins of humans and human language perfect for fans of Brian Evenson and Eimear McBride.

Lucy, a young woman with an uncertain past, finds herself thrust into a mysterious anthropology museum that converts into a disco club each night. Moving through its labyrinthine galleries, she tries to construct an origin story for herself and for her species. But as the night progresses, her grip on language and identity slips away until the exhibit captions rupture the text, transporting us to East Africa, where the lives of three people—British anthropologist Mary Leakey, an Indian indentured laborer building the Uganda Railway, and a curator with too many secrets—interweave to reveal the darker side of the search for origins.

Surreal, spiraling, and daringly innovative, Habilis is all at once a historical reconstruction, a psychological horror, a mystery, a ghost story, and a creation myth. But above all, it is a meditation on language, desire, and the stories we tell about ourselves—especially those that might unravel us.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
211 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Dzanc Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1950539474
ISBN13:
9781950539475
kindle Asin:
B0BHZ1G9YG

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