Spring 2032: an enigmatic bandleader named Triboulet arrives by
helicopter in Rome, where his troupe awaits with a legion of
animals and unruly kids. When performing acrobatic feats and
provoking states of joyous panic through their ritualistic music,
the troupe's arrival proves restorative, for the world is beset
with famines, plagues, and religious conflicts, which Triboulet
seeks to neutralize with freeing laughter. While they begin
constructing strange edifices in the city, sacred sites around the
world suffer terrible, often humorous forms of vandalism, provoking
the ire of religious and political authorities, who grow suspicious
of the troupe and leery of the increasing allure they exert over
people. Although radical Islamic sects claim responsibility for the
attacks on Catholic and Jewish sites, no one is certain who is
responsible-is it the Jihadists, anarcho-atheist intellectuals, or
eco-terrorists? And who really is the masked Triboulet? The very
future of the world is at stake, and while touring Jerusalem during
Christmas, Triboulet and his merry troupe bear witness to the
world's pivotal crossing into a new reality. Albert Camus noted
that 'the metaphysics of the worst' expresses itself in a
literature of damnation and argued that 'we have still not yet
found the exit' from such literature. With his second novel, Hanshe
has found the way out, offering in fact something not only
promising, but astounding, a pathway that is into a new reality,
into a 'physics of the best.' The Abdication is a true ero(t)icomic
epic. * "With this new novel, Hanshe reinforces his growing
reputation as one of today's most original and thought-provoking
novelists." -Keith Ansell-Pearson "The Abdication is a visionary
novel of dangerous ideas, a theological thriller concerned with the
absence of god and the question posed by the phrase: Dionysus
versus the Crucified. It is as richly allusive as it is physically
direct: a novel of revolt that can at times be revolting in its
relentless push to break the mold of idealist thought. As well
argued as it is intricately arcane, indeed dense with learning and
lore, this book is both experimental and assured, a comedy of high
seriousness and gospel of the flesh that our winded civilization
has needed for 2,000 years. Ridendo dicere severum " -Stuart
Kendall, author of Georges Bataille
General
Imprint: |
Contra Mundum Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2012 |
First published: |
April 2012 |
Authors: |
Rainer J. Hanshe
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9836972-2-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-9836972-2-1 |
Barcode: |
9780983697220 |
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