Appearances |
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| Author:
| Celati, Gianni |
| Translator:
| Hood, Stuart |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85242-212-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1992 |
| Publisher: | Serpent's Tail Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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Appearances is a book of four novellas that play with the distinction between appearance and reality. Like Kafka and Calvino, Celati never loses sight of the fact that a good story is one that entertains and, whether describing the ups and downs of the rugby?mad Barratto, the conditions of light on the Via Emilia, the disappearance of a respectable man or the students in Milan bent on discovering the true meaning of books, the four novellas in Appearances are a dazzling blend of...
More DescriptionAppearances is a book of four novellas that play with the distinction between appearance and reality. Like Kafka and Calvino, Celati never loses sight of the fact that a good story is one that entertains and, whether describing the ups and downs of the rugby?mad Barratto, the conditions of light on the Via Emilia, the disappearance of a respectable man or the students in Milan bent on discovering the true meaning of books, the four novellas in Appearances are a dazzling blend of storytelling and philosophical speculation.