Tell Borges If You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism
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To be untethered in the waking world, to have the feeling that perhaps we are sleepwalking-that's what life can be like for the people in these eleven stories by Peter LaSalle, known to readers of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820329983
ISBN13:9780820329987
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:8.2" x 1.1" x 5.5"
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Hey Borges, this is wonderful!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Here is a worthy heir to the Borgesian ideal of the elliptical, tantalizing narrative that unwinds along unexpected paths to achieve sometimes shocking, sometimes unbalancing, always breathtaking conclusions. I read these stories in sequence, each one building on the previous one, until together they achieved a tapestry of mystery and wonder. While La Salle clearly wants to follow Borges's tracks, he manages at the same time to create a personal, naturalistic springboard that surprises the reader with a uniquely contemporary vision. In the process, La Salle unleashes a torrent of language and imagery that builds with an almost symphonic power. This is the short story unfettered from formulas, in a voice that invites the reader to shed notions of comfort and expectation in order to enter a more perfect disorder -- a driven narrative that flirts with chaos, but delivers in the end a gentle, graceful landing.
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