The Island of Second Sight: A Novel - Couverture souple

Thelen, Albert Vigoleis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1468307134 ISBN 13 : 9781468307139

Editeur : Overlook Books, 2013

Synopsis

Winner of the PEN Translation Prize

Unavailable to English readers for more than 50 years, The Island of Second Sight is a masterpiece of world literature. Set in the years leading up to World War II, it is the fictionalized account of the time spent in Mallorca by the author and his wife, who encounter the most unpredictable and surreal adventures, pursued all the while by Nazis and Francoists. And just as the chaos comes to seem manageable, the Spanish Civil War erupts. Drawing comparisons to Don Quixote and The Man Without Qualities, The Island of Second Sight is a novel of astonishing and singular richness of language and purpose. At once ironic and humanistic, hilarious and profoundly serious, philosophical and grotesque, The Island of Second Sight is a literary tour de force.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Albert Vigoleis Thelen (1903-1989) was a German writer and translator.

Donald O. White is a professor of German at Amherst College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1468307134
• ISBN 13: 9781468307139
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 736
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible