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Friday Jun 05, 2026
Friday Jun 05, 2026
A surreal, subversive, richly allegorical work that explores political anxiety, complacency and desire through a magical realist lens, Owlish was widely praised by critics in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New Yorker.
Professor Q falls in love with a music-box ballerina Aliss, as she mysteriously comes to life. Encouraged by his strange friend Owlish, Q is swept into an obsessive, fantastical love affair with Aliss, as the 2020 student protests in Hong Kong escalate and the National Security Law is implemented.
Hear book club members discuss Owlish and why it left such a lasting impression.
Recorded by BookBlast® CIC | Edited by Gemma Jackson
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