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The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings [ Lobo Antunes, Antnio ] Used
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- ISBN
- 9780393061987
- Book Title
- Fat Man and Infinity : and Other Writings
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- European / Spanish & Portuguese, General, Literary
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393061981
ISBN-13
9780393061987
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66593879
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fat Man and Infinity : and Other Writings
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
European / Spanish & Portuguese, General, Literary
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-041551
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
The personal essays and reminiscences of Antnio Lobo Antunes, happily gathered here, provide not only glimpses into Portuguese life but also passages that lead to the heart of experience itself. His descriptive quickness and his genius for metaphor cause the line between prose and poetry to vanish before our astonished eyes., Lobo Antunes' sketches are alive with the poetry of the everyday, and tinged with the gentlest of self-mockery., The personal essays and reminiscences of António Lobo Antunes, happily gathered here, provide not only glimpses into Portuguese life but also passages that lead to the heart of experience itself. His descriptive quickness and his genius for metaphor cause the line between prose and poetry to vanish before our astonished eyes., Lobo Antunes' sketches are alive with the poetry of the everyday, and tinged with the gentlest of self-mockery. -J M Coetzee
Dewey Decimal
869.4/42
Synopsis
A lyrical, searing work of autobiography, reflection, and fiction, evoking García Márquez's memoirs and Pamuk's Istanbul. António Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in The Fat Man and Infinity , "the heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood--the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury. His Proust-like memoirs, written over thirty years in chronicle form, pass through the filter of an adult who has known war and pain, and bear witness to the people whom he loved and who have gone into the dark. Stunningly translated by Margaret Jull Costa, in prose that glides like poetry, this is a modern-day chronicle of Portugal's imperfect past and arresting present, seen through the eyes of a master fiction writer, one on a short list to win a Nobel Prize. Readers particularly touched by Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes will be drawn to this journey into the heart of one of our greatest living writers., Antonio Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in The Fat Man and Infinity, "the heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury. His Proust-like memoirs, written over thirty years in chronicle form, pass through the filter of an adult who has known war and pain, and bear witness to the people whom he loved and who have gone into the dark. Stunningly translated by Margaret Jull Costa, in prose that glides like poetry, this is a modern-day chronicle of Portugal's imperfect past and arresting present, seen through the eyes of a master fiction writer, one on a short list to win a Nobel Prize. Readers particularly touched by Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes will be drawn to this journey into the heart of one of our greatest living writers.", António Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in The Fat Man and Infinity , "the heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood--the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury. His Proust-like memoirs, written over thirty years in chronicle form, pass through the filter of an adult who has known war and pain, and bear witness to the people whom he loved and who have gone into the dark. Stunningly translated by Margaret Jull Costa, in prose that glides like poetry, this is a modern-day chronicle of Portugal's imperfect past and arresting present, seen through the eyes of a master fiction writer, one on a short list to win a Nobel Prize. Readers particularly touched by Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes will be drawn to this journey into the heart of one of our greatest living writers., A lyrical, searing work of autobiography, reflection, and fiction, evoking García Márquez's memoirs and Pamuk's Istanbul.
LC Classification Number
PQ9263.N77L5813 2009
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Copyright Date
2009
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