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Autobiography of a corpse / Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky ; introduction by Adam Thirlwell ; translated by Joanne Turnbull.
| Author/creator | Krzhizhanovskiĭ, Sigizmund author. |
| Other author | Thirlwell, Adam, 1978- writer of added commentary. |
| Other author | Turnbull, Joanne, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New York Review Books, [2013] |
| Description | xviii, 230 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Short stories. Selections. English 2013 |
| Series | New York Review Books classics New York Review Books classics. ^A527571 |
| Contents | Autobiography of a corpse -- In the pupil -- Seams -- The collector of cracks -- The land of nots -- The runaway fingers -- The unbitten elbow -- Yellow coal -- Bridge over the Styx -- Thirty pieces of silver -- Postmark: Moscow. |
| Abstract | The stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and wild paradoxes. This new collection of eleven mind-bending and spellbinding tales includes some of Krzhizhanovsky's most dazzling conceits: a provincial journalist who moves to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography of his room's previous occupant; the fingers of a celebrated pianist's right hand run away to spend a night alone on the city streets; a man's lifelong quest to bite his own elbow inspires both a hugely popular circus act and a new refutation of Kant. Ordinary reality cracks open before our eyes in the pages of Autobiography of a Corpse, and the extraordinary spills out. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Translations. |
| LCCN | 2013019761 |
| ISBN | 1590176707 (paperback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781590176702 (paperback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PG3476 .K782 A2 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |