Mordechai Schamz |
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| Author:
| Cholodenko, Marc |
| Translator:
| Di Bernardi, Dominic |
| Series title: | French Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-246-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2000 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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In a series of comic vignettes and lettersMordechai Schamz sets out to investigate himselfhis world, and the language whih makes them both,intelligible. Dumbfounded at every turn and,undiscouraged by his failures, he confidently gets,lost in the labyrinth of his investigations.,Reminiscent of Flaubert's Bouvard and PecuchetCalvino's Palomar, and Beckett's Watt, Schamz,ponders the mysteries of life through cliches and,solipisms, making himself the master of the,illogical and the clown...
More DescriptionIn a series of comic vignettes and lettersMordechai Schamz sets out to investigate himselfhis world, and the language whih makes them both,intelligible. Dumbfounded at every turn and,undiscouraged by his failures, he confidently gets,lost in the labyrinth of his investigations.,Reminiscent of Flaubert's Bouvard and PecuchetCalvino's Palomar, and Beckett's Watt, Schamz,ponders the mysteries of life through cliches and,solipisms, making himself the master of the,illogical and the clown of the absurd.