Idyll for a Vanishing River Quitab Editions Lana Bella

Lana Bella

With a cartographer’s sharp eye and an inherited “peasant’s/ faith in work

Deeply imaginative

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Sapphires on the Graves is a ride

Idyll for a Vanishing River Quitab Editions Lana BellaJeff Alfiers collection Idyll for a Vanishing River maps out a vast, battered landscapeeverything from the broken Americana of abandoned quicksilver mines and truck stops, to the salt pan of dead ocean that is now refuge to pumas stalking amongst ghost flowers. With a cartographers sharp eye and an inherited peasants faith in work, Alfier uses Death Valley warning signs and relief maps as guides not just for Southwestern haunts, but as legends and