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Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet
Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet
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Amy Kaler's Half-Light explores the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe through personal, collective, and historical explorations of the North American settler west, offering reflections on aging, temporality, and change.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2024
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Amy Kaler's book, "Half-Light," delves into the profound meanings of life, middle age, and the climate catastrophe through personal, collective, and historical explorations. She examines the "ruins" of the human history of the North American settler west, including faded hamlets, bunkers, fields of cars, and bends in the river, which serve as symbols of hope, generational commitment, abandonment, faith, hubris, and carelessness. These stops are intertwined with reflections on aging, temporality, and change, creating a deeply satisfying road trip with a thoughtful friend. The book moves from meditative to ardent to sobering in compelling and measured ways, shimmers with urgency, and suggests a deeper meaning.
Weight: 822g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781772127409
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