{"product_id":"empty-spaces-hardcover","title":"Empty Spaces - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJordan Abel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hypnotic and mystifying exploration of land and legacy, investigating what it means to be an intergenerational, Indigenous survivor of Residential Schools\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A singular, incantatory work. . . . The book feels as though forest itself is speaking, sky itself, river itself.\"--Nina MacLaughlin, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jordan Abel's new work grows out of the groundbreaking visual expression in his recently published \u003ci\u003eNISHGA\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that combined nonfiction with photography, concrete poetry, and literary inquiry. Whereas \u003ci\u003eNISHGA\u003c\/i\u003e integrated descriptions of the landscape from James Fenimore Cooper's settler classic \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans\u003c\/i\u003e into visual pieces, \u003ci\u003eEmpty Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e reinscribes those words on the page itself, and in doing so subjects them to bold rewritings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reimagining the nineteenth-century text from the contemporary perspective of an urban Nisga'a person whose relationship to land and traditional knowledge and spiritual traditions was severed by colonial violence, Abel attempts to answer his research question of what it means to be Indigenous without access to familial territory. Engaging the land through fiction and metaphor, Abel creates an eerie, looping, and atmospheric rendering of place that evolves despite the violent and reckless histories of North America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is a bold and profound new vision of history that decenters human perception and forgoes Westernized ways of seeing. Rather than turning to characters and dialogue to explore truth, Abel invites us to instead understand that the land knows everything that can and will happen, even as the world lurches toward uncertainty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Abel\u003c\/b\u003e (Nisga'a), an award-winning author, is associate professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNISHGA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Place of Scraps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUn\/inhabited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInjun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.19 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696167522367,"sku":"9780300275544","price":28.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/df29fbf417a35b1b08adb1a1df32c65c.webp?v=1765006425","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/empty-spaces-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}