| Joseph Walser's Machine Contributor(s): Tavares, Goncalo M. (Author), McNeil, Rhett (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564786773 ISBN-13: 9781564786777 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011025604 |
| Series: Portuguese Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.52 lbs) 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Continuing Tavares's award-winning "Kingdom" series (begun in "Jerusalem," winner of the Saramago Prize), "Joseph Walser's Machine" recounts a life of bizarre routines and patterns. Routine humiliation at a factory; routine maintenance of the world's most esoteric collection; and the most important routine of all: the operation of a mysterious machine on a factory floor. Yet all of Joseph Walser's routines are violently disrupted when his city is occupied by an invading army, leaving him faced with political intrigues, marital discord, and finally, one last, catastrophic confrontation with his beloved machine. |