Inverse Sky

By John Isles

Part Baudelairian fl neur, an Arcadian shepherd, the speaker in John Isles's brave new Inverse Sky encounters a fragmented history. It is nineteenth-century California, and the missions are still burning after the Americans establish the Bear Flag Republic; it is the twenty-first century, and the miners of 49 are relegated to a mural in an arcade. Both a loner and a lover, Isles's pilgrim-poet takes us on a journey where Native Americans are "missing persons" outside a diorama of their ancestors, then sets us adrift in settings ranging from film noir to the clear-cut hills of modern-day California landscapes, under siege but not defeated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587296861
• ISBN13: 9781587296864
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 9.0"