The Golden Age
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The Golden Age is a fantastical travelogue in which a modern-day Gulliver writes a book about a civilization he once encountered on a tiny island in the Atlantic. The islanders seem at first to do nothing but sit and observe the world, and indeed draw no distinction between reality and representation, so that a mirror image seems as substantial to them as a person (and vice versa); but the center of their culture is revealed to be The Book, a handwritten, collective novel filled with feuding royal families, murderous sorcerers, and narrow escapes. Anyone is free to write in The Book, adding their own stories, crossing out others, or even ap- pending footnotes in the form of little paper pouches full of extra text--but of course there are pouches within pouches, so that the story is impossible to read in order, and soon begins to overwhelm the narrator's orderly treatise.
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The Golden Age, Michal Ajvaz, Andrew Oakland
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2010
- Bindwijze
- (Paperback),
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- € 12,39
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- Titel
- The Golden Age
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Michal Ajvaz, Andrew Oakland
- Uitgever
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2010
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 329
- ISBN10
- 1564785785
- ISBN13
- 9781564785787
- Reeks
- Tags
- Reizen, Tsjechische literatuur, Verenigde Staten, Cadeaus voor Vrouwen, Science Fantasy, Cadeaus voor Mannen, Tsjechische Republiek, 21e Eeuw, Magisch realisme, Eilanden, Fantastiek, Westerse Beschaving, Botsingen van beschavingen en culturen, Absurdistische romans
- Aantekening
- The Golden Age is a fantastical travelogue in which a modern-day Gulliver writes a book about a civilization he once encountered on a tiny island in the Atlantic. The islanders seem at first to do nothing but sit and observe the world, and indeed draw no distinction between reality and representation, so that a mirror image seems as substantial to them as a person (and vice versa); but the center of their culture is revealed to be The Book, a handwritten, collective novel filled with feuding royal families, murderous sorcerers, and narrow escapes. Anyone is free to write in The Book, adding their own stories, crossing out others, or even ap- pending footnotes in the form of little paper pouches full of extra text--but of course there are pouches within pouches, so that the story is impossible to read in order, and soon begins to overwhelm the narrator's orderly treatise.