The Revisionist Contributor(s): Roberts, Tobias (Author) |
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ISBN: 1628973218 ISBN-13: 9781628973211 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Psychological - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce |
Dewey: 813.6 |
Series: American Literature |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 307 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Revisionist is a novel of many voices, brilliantly arranged. Its themes are mysterious, its tone compassionate, its conclusions beguiling. In Tobias Roberts's first novel, we are presented with a series of clinical, historical, and literary documents, outlining the lives and tragedies of the psychiatrist Isaac Himmelfarb and his wife, Sarah, whose marriage is strained by the grief of a miscarriage. At the same time, Sarah's recently deceased father, Doctor Zachary Weiss, has bequeathed her still other papers, which detail his psychoanalytic sessions with a patient of his named Pierce. It seems this man Pierce claimed to have developed the ability to revise reality by means of his dreams. This is an ability that the curious Doctor Weiss cannot help but put to the test and that a heartbroken Sarah cannot help but hope is real. |