An NYRB Classics Original. Virtually unpublished during his
lifetime, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's fantastic and blackly comic
philosophical fables have since 1989 earned him a reputation as one
of the greatest Russian writers of the twentieth century. Included
in this collection of eleven newly translated tales are some of his
strangest and most brilliant conceits: a provincial journalist who
moves to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography
of his room's previous occupant, a suicide who vacated his hundred
square feet in exchange for his successor's consideration of his
manuscript; the fingers of a celebrated pianist's right hand run
away to spend an abrasive night alone on the city streets; a man's
lifelong quest to bite his own elbow inspires both a wildly popular
circus act and a new refutation of Kant; a desperate energy crisis
is resolved through the systematic exploitation of the one
substance to reliably increase along with the dysfunctions of
modern life: bile, or "yellow coal." Abounding in nested
narratives, wild paradox, and improbably high stakes-what would you
do if a Stygian toad landed on your pillow one night and asked for
help in saving the world by building a bridge to death?-the
unlikely stories in Autobiography of a Corpse ask you to take a
second look at the cracks in everyday reality.
General
| Imprint: |
Nyrb Classics
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 2013 |
| First published: |
December 2013 |
| Authors: |
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
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| Dimensions: |
203 x 128 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-59017-670-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
1-59017-670-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781590176702 |
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