| Sinking of the Odradek Stadium Contributor(s): Mathews, Harry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564782077 ISBN-13: 9781564782076 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1999 Annotation: A brilliant comedy in the form of letters exchanged between a husband, living in Miami of the not-too-distant future, and a wife, living in Italy of a not-too-remote past, as they try to trace the whereabouts of a treasure supposedly lost off the coast of Florida in the 16th century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99035094 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Composed of a series of letters between a husband and wife, ?"The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium"?is a brilliant comedy about love and longing, dashed hopes and frustrations, and trying to make connections. Newly wedded Zachary McCaltex (a librarian in Miami) and Twang Panattapam (originally from the Southeast-Asian country of Pan-Nam, but residing in Italy) try to trace the whereabouts of a treasure supposedly lost off the coast of Florida in the sixteenth century, while navigating a relationship separated by an ocean as well as their different cultures. In the end, the postal service may be responsible for what gets lost (including Zachary's sanity) along the way. |