The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue Steven B. Smith First edition Elegies of Manumission

First edition Elegies of Manumission by Max de Esteban (2012)

First edition first impression in near fine condition no internal markings

they know me better than most

Scabar became known for his originality of Il teatro delle cose of 1999

he presents an archival record of »enemy« village life that is as convincingly accurate and comically misdirected as it is mundane and nightmarish

The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue Steven B. Smith First edition Elegies of Manumission'The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue', is based around Balakliya, a small village in central Ukraine the homeland of my wife and family. This dual language book in English and Ukrainian combines the photographs that I made in this place from 2019 2021 with text written in the shadow of the current war. They are stories filled with dreamy childhood memories and an anxiety shaped by the backdrop of war.