| Palafox Contributor(s): Chevillard, Eric (Author), Mason, Wyatt (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0972869247 ISBN-13: 9780972869249 Publisher: Archipelago Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: "Mix together one pinch of surrealism, one pinch of situationalism, ' stir in a large measure of poetry, quite a bit of talent and you will get a glittering novel of intelligence and humor."-"Rvolution" Eric Chevillard's third novel of 11, "Palafox "explores the ecosystem of an unclassifiable yet enchanting protean creature. A team of "experts" armed with degrees of higher learning is determined to label, train, baptize and realize the elusive creature, while Palafox-driven by his own interior logic and flanked by another dimension-effortlessly and wordlessly defies them all. Chevillard's visionary play (of word and thought) has been compared to the work of Beckett, Michaux and Pinget, yet the universe he spins is utterly his own. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003024248 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 4.52" W x 9.06" (0.50 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eric Chevillard's visionary play of word and thought has been compared to the work of Beckett, Michaux, and Pinget, yet the universe he spins is utterly his own. Palafox (Editions de Minuit, 1990), Chevillard's third novel of eleven, explores the ecosystem of an unclassifiable yet enchanting protean creature, Palafox. A team of experts armed with degrees of higher learning is determined to label, train, baptize, and realize the elusive creature, while Palafox effortlessly and wordlessly defies them all. |