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Artwalk: M.T. Anderson "Landscape with Invisible Hand"

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson joins us for Montpelier Artwalk with a reading, talk, and kooky hipster art inspired by his newest book, Landscape with Invisible Hand, a futuristic satire of art and truth in the midst of alien colonization on Earth. 

Q&A, book signing, and cake! Free and open to the public.

Entertainment Weekly names Landscape With Invisible Hand as their number two of 20 Fall Must-Read Books! 

Read the interview with EW here.

Watch the book trailer:

About the Book

When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth — but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents’ jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv’s miraculous medicine, Adam and his girlfriend, Chloe, have to get creative to survive. And since the vuvv crave anything they deem "classic" Earth culture (doo-wop music, still-life paintings of fruit, true love), recording 1950s-style dates for the vuvv to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it’s hard for Adam and Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough, Adam must decide how far he’s willing to go — and what he’s willing to sacrifice — to give the vuvv what they want.

About the Author

M. T. Anderson is the author of Feed, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; the National Book Award–winning The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party and its sequel, The Kingdom on the Waves, both New York Times bestsellers and Michael L. Printz Honor Books; Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad; and many other books for children and young adults. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

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Date: 10/06/2017
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Place:

77 Main St
Montpelier, VT 05602
United States