The Limits of Vision - Couverture rigide

Irwin, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670807974 ISBN 13 : 9780670807970

Editeur : Viking, 1986

Synopsis

Obsessed with cleanliness, Marcia, a south London housewife, lives in a fantasy world ited by scientists and artists of the past

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Finally available again in the United States, The Limits of Vision is Robert Irwin's irrepressibly entertaining and imaginative novel about a young housewife named Marcia and the war she wages against dirt. Set over the course of a single day as Marcia goes about her quotidian activities-having the girls over for coffee, tidying the house, making dinner-it becomes increasingly clear that her sanity is unraveling at an alarming rate. Irwin is at his creative best here, as he describes Marcia's conversations with Mucor, the "mouthpiece for the Dirt, the Empire of Decay and Ruin, the Principle of Evil," as well as such scientists and artists of the past as William Blake, Charles Dickens, Leonardo da Vinci, and Charles Darwin.

Revue de presse

"Binds together philosophy and mayhem . . . The Limits of Vision ranks as a genuine (and rare) work of the imagination." (Jeanette Winterson)

"Unique, a ravishing product of pure imagination." (Ruth Rendell)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670807974
• ISBN 13: 9780670807970
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible