Amalgamemnon
Will be published approx. on 18. August 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-1-56478-050-8 (ISBN)
Description
A woman about to lose her job as a professor of literature and history delivers a passionate, witty, and word-mad monologue.
Reviews / Votes
"This sort of metafiction can start like a rocket, then fizzle,but Christine Brooke-Rose's novel keeps gaining momentum, blazes with
wit and regains for fiction some of the territory lost to critics in
recent raids. On all counts it deserves the three stars from Orion's
belt." - The Guardian
"About what it feels like to be a word-addict-worse, a writing
addict-in the brave new world of communications technology." - The
Observer
"Amalgamemnon is a brilliant
example of its author's thesis, proving the eternal creative flexibility
of language and the restorative vitality of one person's cultural
memory." - American Book Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56478-050-8 (9781564780508)
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Person
Christine Brooke-Rose, formerly a professor at the Universite de Paris, and now retired, lives in France. She is the author of several works of literary criticism and a number of novels, including Amalgamemnon and Xorander.