Forgetfulness - A Novel (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

The first part of Forgetfulness is a fictional monograph on the life of the Austrian modernist composer Anton von Webern (1883-1945). The collage-work monograph unfolds in a Webernian sequence of events and silences combining quotes from Webern, his friends and associates, and various historical and literary figures with short scenes, monologues, dialogues, newspaper articles, and theater and film scripts. The result is a lyrical panorama of early twentieth century Vienna. The second part of the book takes place in Vienna on May 1st, 1986, shortly before the election of Kurt Waldheim as President of the Austrian Republic and shortly after the Chernobyl disaster. The three simultaneous, intertwining monologues of an archivist, a retired opera singer, and the author of the monograph, revisit the themes and events of the first part, commenting on postwar conceptions, analyses, and revisions of the period during which Webern lived, while continuously haunted by the specters of Waldheim and Chernobyl, the persistence of crimes that are immanent, unpaid for, or only dimly, disingenuously recalled.

General

Imprint:	Fiction Collective Two
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	April 2005
Authors:	Michael Mejia
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-57366-122-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-57366-122-8
Barcode:	9781573661225

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