Chopin's Move - Couverture souple

Echenoz, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1564783340 ISBN 13 : 9781564783349

Editeur : Dalkey Archive Press, 2004

Synopsis

With his trademark comically wry phrasing and a sure eye for quirky detail, Echenoz has produced his oddest and most enjoyable novel to date. Chopin's Move interweaves the fates of Chopin, entomologist and recalcitrant secret agent; Oswald, a young foreign-affairs employee who vanishes en route to his new home; Suzy, who gets enmeshed in a tangle of deceit and counterdeceit; the mysterious Colonel Seck, whose motivations are never quite what they seem; and a typically Echenozian supporting cast of neurotic bodyguards, disquieting functionaries, and crafty double agents. As the plot thickens, the characters become embroiled in layer upon layer of deception and double-dealing, leading them further into a world in which nothing can be taken at face value and in which "reality" hinges on apparently harmless coincidence.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jean Echenoz is the author of four other novels: "Le Meridien de Greenwich," "Lac" (winner of the European Literature Prize), and "Nous trois," "Cherokee" is also available as a Bison Book. Mr. Echenoz lives in Paris. Mark Polizzotti, a veteran translator of Andre Breton and Rene Daumal as well as Jean Echenoz, is the author of "Revolution of the Mind, forthcoming,"

Mark Polizzotti is the translator of more than thirty books from the French. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Nation. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dalkey Archive Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1564783340
• ISBN 13: 9781564783349
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 135
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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