Wytham Whales - Jan van Aken

'It reminds me of Brexit, which had the same morbid impact, which ‎had redefined the land as well. Not by rising water levels, like it is ‎doing now, but by imposing distinct coastal borders. The idea of ‎being trapped and isolated by unforgiving frontiers evokes new ethics ‎and politics. We become survivors, landwrecked survivors. ‎Indigenous castaways, if you like.' A post-Brexit novel about seven ‎researchers being stuck on Wytham Hill (Oxford, UK) due to serious ‎flooding. Feeds of a beaching whale trigger ambitions, but collide ‎with acute environmental issues. Facts lose their weightiness and ‎truths become fragile. This twisted Moby Dick story is seasoned with ‎a pinch of love and an inconvenient hint of Brexit.‎
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