Описание книги
A modern fable set in a society that has come to favor written messages over talking. A young woman named Foe has lost her memory and six messengers who attempt to recite her past back to her inevitably - and creatively - fail. Parts Kafka, Lewis Carroll, and Aesop, the imagistic allegory warns that in a culture of texting, email, and Twitter, we can't forsake real conversation - or we could lose its art forever. - Interview Magazine, Dec/Jan 2010. An exquisite memento of wildly imagined scen...
A modern fable set in a society that has come to favor written messages over talking. A young woman named Foe has lost her memory and six messengers who attempt to recite her past back to her inevitably - and creatively - fail. Parts Kafka, Lewis Carroll, and Aesop, the imagistic allegory warns that in a culture of texting, email, and Twitter, we can't forsake real conversation - or we could lose its art forever. - Interview Magazine, Dec/Jan 2010. An exquisite memento of wildly imagined scenes, odd characters, and nightmares confused with waking life, a slipstream loop where bureaucracy and hallucination are so intertwined that you’re often confused which is the most absurd. - The Brooklyn Rail, April 2010. Книга «The Failure Six» автора Шейн Джонс оценена посетителями КнигоГид, и её читательский рейтинг составил 8.40 из 10.
Для бесплатного просмотра предоставляются: аннотация, публикация, отзывы, а также файлы для скачивания.
- Просмотров: 142
- Рецензий: 0
- Переводчики: не указаны
- Серия: не указана
- ISBN (EAN): 9,78188E+12
- Языки: не указаны
- Возрастное ограничение: не указано
- Год написания: 2010
Рецензии на книгу
Написано 0 рецензий