Flann O'brien and the Nonhuman

Flann OÂ’Brien and the Nonhuman is the first book to explore in detail the authorÂ’s interest in the agency, materiality, and potential sentience of environments, animals and machines. At every turn, OÂ’BrienÂ’s writing challenges anthropocentric values and troubles conventional notions of the human. We think of the cast of At Swim-Two-Birds (which features the bird-man Sweeney, a Pooka, and a cow who is called as a star witness in the authorÂ’s trial) and The Third PolicemanÂ’s uncanny topographies... Zobrazit více