Zundel's Exit Contributor(s): Werner, Markus (Author), Hoffman, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564789217 ISBN-13: 9781564789211 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $12.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2013040744 |
Series: Swiss Literature |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.40 lbs) 126 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Scrounged from his notebooks and hearsay, this is the story of a schoolteacher named Konrad Z?ndel: a philosopher, a wanna-be writer; scattered, self-conscious, glum, anxious, unlucky, discontent... At the end of his rope, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. First his tooth falls out in the sight of other travelers, then he finds a severed finger in a restroom on a train. In fact, Z?ndel seems on the verge of falling to bits, as do his words, thoughts, wife, and world--will there be anything left, and anyone to hold the pieces? "Z?ndel's Exit" is a Chaplinesque comedy of disintegration, never knowing if it's coming or going. |