{"product_id":"life-is-like-canadian-football-and-other-authentic-folk-songs","title":"Life Is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eHenry Adam Svec's collection of Canadian folk songs and stories pushes boundaries and combines the adventurous energies of Alan Lomax, Stompin Tom, Vladimir Nabokov, Mark Z. Danielewski, and Elizabeth Smart. It is comically entertaining and well-written, presenting performative verve. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 184 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 11 November 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Invisible Publishing\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Adam Svec has been pushing the boundaries of Canadian folklore since he unearthed songs by CFL players in Library and Archives Canada, thrusting himself into the scene and the media spotlight. This experimental and genre-defying book mixes the adventurous energies of Alan Lomax and Stompin Tom, the intertextual conceptualism of Vladimir Nabokov and Mark Z. Danielewski, and the searing intensity of Elizabeth Smart and Chris Kraus. Comically entertaining, presented with performative verve, as novelist Jacob Wren puts it. — Atlantic Books Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is cracking me up—and I don t even like football—but it is just so well written. —Robert Dayton, author of The Canadian Romantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Adam Svec has been pushing the boundaries of Canadian folklore since he unearthed songs by CFL players in Library and Archives Canada, thrusting himself into the scene and the media spotlight. This experimental and genre-defying book mixes the adventurous energies of Alan Lomax and Stompin Tom, the intertextual conceptualism of Vladimir Nabokov and Mark Z. Danielewski, and the searing intensity of Elizabeth Smart and Chris Kraus. Comically entertaining, presented with performative verve, as novelist Jacob Wren puts it. — Atlantic Books Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is cracking me up—and I don t even like football—but it is just so well written. —Robert Dayton, author of The Canadian Romantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Adam Svec has been pushing the boundaries of Canadian folklore since he unearthed songs by CFL players in Library and Archives Canada, thrusting himself into the scene and the media spotlight. This experimental and genre-defying book mixes the adventurous energies of Alan Lomax and Stompin Tom, the intertextual conceptualism of Vladimir Nabokov and Mark Z. Danielewski, and the searing intensity of Elizabeth Smart and Chris Kraus. Comically entertaining, presented with performative verve, as novelist Jacob Wren puts it. — Atlantic Books Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 212g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 204 x 15 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781988784700                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Adam Svec","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44098832007418,"sku":"9781988784700","price":8.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/984934f8ef7ce3224a819914ec756597.jpg?v=1637898213","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/life-is-like-canadian-football-and-other-authentic-folk-songs","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}