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    A Floating Phrase
    A Floating Phrase
    A Floating Phrase
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    A Floating Phrase

    By Trent Portigal

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    A Floating Phrase explores the nature of art, fear and snow puddles through the experiences of Cesarine, a stop-motion animator caught up in the intrigues of international diplomacy in 1970s continental Europe. At that time, national delegations for international conferences on European issues, such as those leading up to the Helsinki Accords, typically included defectors from the other side of the Iron Curtain. This led to scientists and artists with little experience in diplomacy being involved in high-level politics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781785354236
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    Trent Portigal

    Trent Portigal has written popular articles on a variety of urban planning topics, in addition to presenting on Canadian francophone literature in the academic world. He spends his days planning cities on the Canadian prairies.

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