Death in a Nutshell by Roxanne Varzi
Alex is about to lose her standing as a graduate student at Columbia University's anthropology department when her luck turns and she lands a fully funded fellowship and an opportunity to be mentored by a dioramist at the Museum of the Rockies. Only problem is, Alex does not know the first thing about diorama's, and as she will soon find out, she's not the only one in this frozen landscape who isn't who they claim to be.From Columbia University in New York City to National Geographic in Washington DC to Yellowstone and the Museum of the Rockies, we follow Alex, a whip-smart dyslexic-ADHD Margaret Meade cum Ms. Marple and her friends -- a Nature photographer, a Ranger, a Polish guest worker, Iranian elite dot-commers and her best friend Kit as they explore friendship, identity, climate change, globalization and a murder against the stunning backdrop of the Rockies in winter. An engaging read for anyone who loves mysteries and wants to learn a little anthropology.
Roxanne Varzi is a professor of anthropology and visual studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Warring Souls: Media, Martyrdom, and Youth in Post-Revolution Iran (2006). Her award-winning short stories have been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including the New York Press. Her film, Plastic Flowers Never Die, has been shown in festivals around the world from Bosnia to Boston, and her sound installation, Whole World Blind, has been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco and Berlin and is featured on Public Books. Varzi was born in Tehran and left with her family shortly after the Revolution. In 2000, she was awarded the first Fulbright fellowship since the Islamic Revolution for research in Iran.
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| ISBN 13 | 9798988684404 |
| ISBN 10 | 8988684400 |
| Title | Death in a Nutshell |
| Author | Roxanne Varzi |
| Series | Armchair Anthropologist |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bouncing Box Press |
| Year published | 2023-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 382 |
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