Pilot Impostor

by James Hannaham

Book Overview

A startling, shape-shifting book of prose and images that draws on an unexpected pair of inspirations--the poetry of Fernando Pessoa and the history of air disasters--to investigate con men, identity politics, failures of leadership, the privilege of ineptitude, the slave trade, and the nature of consciousness.

Early in 2017, on a plane from Cape Verde to Lisbon, author and visual artist James Hannaham started reading Pessoa & Co.,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593767013
• ISBN13: 9781593767013
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Soft Skull
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 7.2"