The Golden Age is a fantastical travelogue in which a modern-day
Gulliver writes a book about a civilization he once encountered on
a tiny island in the Atlantic. The islanders seem at first to do
nothing but sit and observe the world, and indeed draw no
distinction between reality and representation, so that a mirror
image seems as substantial to them as a person (and vice versa);
but the center of their culture is revealed to be The Book, a
handwritten, collective novel filled with feuding royal families,
murderous sorcerers, and narrow escapes. Anyone is free to write in
The Book, adding their own stories, crossing out others, or even
ap- pending footnotes in the form of little paper pouches full of
extra text but of course there are pouches within pouches, so that
the story is impossible to read in order, and soon begins to
overwhelm the narrator s orderly treatise.
General
| Imprint: |
Dalkey Archive Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Czech Literature Series |
| Release date: |
April 2010 |
| First published: |
April 2010 |
| Authors: |
Michal Ajvaz
|
| Translators: |
Andrew Oakland
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 139 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
329 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-56478-578-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Fantasy
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-56478-578-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781564785787 |
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