Deep vellum publishing jun 2011 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An extraordinary lyrical novel about a culture seeking to bury its origins, which date to the Holocaust, preferring the biblical to the recent past . . .

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The long-awaited new translation of the most dazzling and unclassifiable work of fiction in any language.In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the great chieftain Talou. In performance after bizarre performancestarring, among others, a zither-playing worm, a marksman who can peel an egg at fifty yards, a railway car that rolls on calves' lungs, and fabulous machines that paint, weave, and compose musicRaymond Roussel demonstrates why it is that André Breton termed him 'the greatest mesmerizer of modern times.' But even more remarkable than the mindbending events Roussel detailsas well as their outlandish, touching, or tawdry backstoriesis the principle behind the novel's genesis, a complex system of puns and double-entendres that anticipated (and helped inspire) such movements as Surrealism and Oulipo. Newly translated and with an introduction by Mark Polizzotti, this edition of Impressions of Africa vividly restores the humor, linguistic legerdemain, and conceptual wonder of Raymond Roussel's magnum opus.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Two minutes into the second act, there is a knock on Nicolas Boehlmer's dressing-room door, just as he's smoking his last cigarette before having to go back on stage. and, without thinking, he says, 'Come in,' still in character. He quickly finds himself bound, gagged, and stripped by a man who appears to be his mirror image: costumed in the same wig, makeup, and clothes. Nicolas is powerless to prevent his usurper from going out and playing his role--with increasingly ridiculous consequences. Is this 'upstaging' the act of a depraved amateur Sabotage by a rival A piece of guerrilla theater A political statement Whatever the cause, Nicolas and his fellow actors soon find their play--and their lives--making less and less sense, as the parts they play come under assault by this irrational intruder. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It wasn't until after Dumitru Tsepeneag fled Romania for France in 1971 that he was able to speak frankly about the literary movement that he had helped create.