The Number of the Heart - Couverture souple

Hildyard, Mr Ali

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798344650142

Editeur : Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

Does life bring out the best in us? Does such a question even make sense? Alcohol dependent, bored and lonely, Ernesto dreams each day of some elusive, definitive life. Enter Lucia, searching for her lost daughter, and a plan starts to form. What follows will be both a public and a private quest, and soon the two will be impossible to separate.

‘Life challenges me with something that doesn't have a name. For years it nurtures and coddles me and then it sends me off with no agenda, expecting me to find easily the things that one should care about, when I have no idea what I want, nor how hard it might be to find it. The grade book is empty. Do what you like, it says. Are you hungry? Then eat. Are you lonely? Then take a partner. Is your life desperate? Then seek God. It is not my job to find a place for you; your true calling is nothing anyone has ever asked me about.’

Why read this book?

Irreal fiction tends to emphasise the psychological and dream-like qualities of reality in preference to overt plot and character development. It also tends to be open-ended, raising as many questions as it answers. Well-known writers who could broadly be classified as "irrealist" include Borges, Kafka, Calvino, Ishiguro, Breton and Knut Hamsun. As such, this book may appeal to those who already enjoy their work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798344650142
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible