{"product_id":"the-visible-unseen-9781632063526","title":"The Visible Unseen","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Chapela, one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists of 2021, breaks down literary and scientific conventions in this prize-winning collection of experimental essays exploring the properties and poetics of glass, mirrors, and light as a means of understanding the self. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn powerful, formally inventive essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e disrupts the purported cultural divide between arts and science. As both a chemist and an award-winning author, Chapela zeros in on the literary metaphors buried in the facts and figures of her scientific observations. Through questioning scientific conundrums that lie beyond the limits of human perception, she winds up putting herself under the microscope as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile considering the technical definition of glass as a liquid or a solid, Chapela stumbles upon a framework for understanding the in-between-ness of her own life. Turning her focus toward mirrors, she finds metaphors for our cultural obsessions with self-image in the physics and chemistry of reflection. And as she compiles a history of the scientific study of light, she comes to her final conclusion: that the purpose of description—be it scientific or literary—can never be to define reality, only to confirm our perception of it. Lyrical, introspective, and methodical, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Visible Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e constructs a startling new perspective from which to examine ourselves and the ways we create meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Andrea Chapela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48287066390779,"sku":"9781632063526","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4613ebdf-0f12-4102-9a54-fed67ec90cb2.jpg?v=1771576850","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-visible-unseen-9781632063526","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}