Jean Echenoz

Chopin's Move

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With his trademark comically wry phrasing and a sure eye for quirky detail, Echenoz has produced his oddest and most enjoyable novel to date. Chopin's Move interweaves the fates of Chopin, entomologist and recalcitrant secret agent; Oswald, a young foreign-affairs employee who vanishes en route to his new home; Suzy, who gets enmeshed in a tangle of deceit and counterdeceit; the mysterious Colonel Seck, whose motivations are never quite what they seem; and a typically Echenozian supporting cast of neurotic bodyguards, disquieting functionaries, and crafty double agents. As the plot thickens, the characters become embroiled in layer upon layer… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Polizzotti, Mark (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-56478-334-9
EAN: 9781564783349
Produktnummer: 18969241
Verlag: Dalkey Archive Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 135 S.
Masse: H20.1 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.1 cm 186 g
Gewicht: 186
Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.

Über den Autor

Jean Echenoz is the author of four other novels: Le Meridien de Greenwich, Lac (winner of the European Literature Prize), and Nous trois, Cherokee is also available as a Bison Book. Mr. Echenoz lives in Paris. Mark Polizzotti, a veteran translator of Andre Breton and Rene Daumal as well as Jean Echenoz, is the author of Revolution of the Mind, forthcoming,