The Palimpsests

Lun, Aleksandra

ISBN 10: 1567926525 / ISBN 13: 9781567926521

Edité par David Godine/Verba Mundi, 2019

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Jaffrey. 2019. September 2019. David Godine/Verba Mundi. 1st Nonpareil Paperback Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. 9781567926521. Translated from the Spanish and with a translator s note by Elizabeth Bryer. 128 pages. paperback. keywords: Europe Poland Literature Poetry Translated Spain Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - The Palimpsests originally written in Spanish by Polish newcomer Aleksandra Lun is a satirical novel about immigration, senses of cultural belonging and ownership, and personal relationships to language: complicated and simple, adopted and native. The book opens with the protagonist, Przesnicki, an Eastern-European immigrant writer, languishing in a Belgium asylum while undergoing Bartlebian therapy meant to strip away his knowledge of any language that is not Polish, his native speech. Przesnicki recalls his former life of long Soviet toilet paper lines, the loss of his lover Ernest Hemingway following a passionate affair, and the beatings of the territorial Antarctic literary community for his forays into novel-writing in their native tongue. The story is filled with darkly comic cameos from famous writers like Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Conrad, and of course, Przesnicki's former lover Ernest Hemingway; it is the perfect book for lovers of language and those interested in exploring ideas of cultural translation in modern day. inventory #45534 Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Palimpsests
• Éditeur: David Godine/Verba Mundi
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1567926525
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781567926521
• Reliure: paperback
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

An absurdly dark tragi-comedy of language and literature. Czeslaw Przęśnicki is an Eastern-European immigrant writer who survived the long toilet paper lines of communist Poland, the loss of his lover Ernest Hemingway following a passionate affair, and the beatings of the Antarctic literary community for his forays into novel-writing in their native tongue. In The Palimpsests, we find him languishing in a Belgium asylum (a country, we are persistently reminded, that has had no government for the past year), undergoing Bartlebian therapy to strip away his knowledge of any language that is not Polish, his native tongue.
Despite, or perhaps because of, its absurdity, The Palimpsests (originally written in Spanish by Polish writer Aleksandra Lun) is characterized by an unquestionable timeliness, relevant to today's discussions on immigration, senses of cultural belonging and ownership, and personal relationships to language, complicated and simple, adopted and native. Peppered with appearances by Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Conrad, and of course, Przęśnicki's former lover Ernest Hemingway, it is the perfect book for lovers of the art of writing.

À propos des auteurs

Aleksandra Lun left Poland at age 19, financed her studies in languages and literature in Spain by working at a casino, and now lives in Belgium. She has translated work from English, French, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, and Romanian. Her first novel The Palimpsests, was written in Spanish and first published in France, where it garnered critical acclaim.

Elizabeth Bryer is a translator and writer. In 2017 she was a recipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant to translate Aleksandra Lun's The Palimpsests.