Invented Part - Couverture souple

Fresan, Rodrigo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1940953561 ISBN 13 : 9781940953564

Editeur : Open Letter, 2017

Synopsis

A sprawling epic about imagination, creation and reality in the vein of Infinite Jest and Gravity's Rainbow.

An aging writer, disillusioned with the state of literary culture, attempts to disappear in the most cosmically dramatic manner: travelling to the Hadron Collider, merging with the God particle, and transforming into an omnipresent deity - a meta-writer, capable of rewriting reality.

With biting humour and a propulsive, contagious style, amid the accelerated particles of his characteristic obsessions the writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the music of Pink Floyd and The Kinks, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the links between great art and the lives of the artists who create it - Fresán takes us on a whirlwind tour exploring themes of childhood, loss, memory, aging, and death.

Drawing inspiration from the scope of modern classics and the structural pyrotechnics of the postmodern masters, the Argentine once referred to as 'a pop Borges' delivers a powerful defence of great literature, a celebration of reading and writing, of the invented parts the stories we tell ourselves to give shape to our world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rodrigo Fresán is the author of nine novels, including Kensington Gardens, Mantra, and The Bottom of the Sky. His works incorporate many elements from science-fiction (Philip K. Dick in particular) alongside pop culture and literary references.

Will Vanderhyden received an MA in Literary Translation Studies from the University of Rochester. He has translated fiction by Carlos Labbe, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Juan Marse, Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio, Rodrigo Fresán , and Elvio Gandolfo. He received an NEA Fellowship to work on The Invented Part.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open Letter
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1940953561
• ISBN 13: 9781940953564
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 552
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible