
Public Reading Followed by Discussion
Danielle Memoire(Author)
Dalkey Archive Press
Will be published approx. on 6. May 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-943150-60-1 (ISBN)
Description
Who's really telling this story? That's the mystery at the heart of Danielle Memoire's novel, which opens with a writer on stage at a public reading-a public reading that isn't one, because she never reads a word, much to the audience's annoyance. When an audience member finally heckles her, the writer's response sets off a chain reaction of nested stories that tumble one after another like a row of dominoes.
Each storyteller in the series (most are writers at public readings) builds on what's come before while often radically changing its meaning. Along the way, we encounter fatal stepladders, a painter obsessed with a transom window, a lovestruck dog-walker, and a lost cat restored to its owners through divine intervention. Playful, thought-provoking, and utterly unique, Public Reading Followed by Discussion defies classification and invites every reader to join the game.
Each storyteller in the series (most are writers at public readings) builds on what's come before while often radically changing its meaning. Along the way, we encounter fatal stepladders, a painter obsessed with a transom window, a lovestruck dog-walker, and a lost cat restored to its owners through divine intervention. Playful, thought-provoking, and utterly unique, Public Reading Followed by Discussion defies classification and invites every reader to join the game.
Reviews / Votes
"Danielle Memoire's universe is original and all her own . . . her inimitable writing . . . draws with unrivaled mastery on all the resources of classical rhetoric and handles them with such humor and skill that they are transformed into the finest examples of avant-garde." -Culture Hebdo LivresDanielle Memoire's name serves as rallying cry, password, and badge of allegiance among a group of readers that is, fortunately, becoming less and less of a secret society.
le Corpus du texte." L'Humanite.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-943150-60-1 (9781943150601)
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Mémoire Danielle
Public Reading Followed by Discussion
E-Book
03/2021
Deep Vellum Publishing
€9.49
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Persons
Danielle Memoire (1947- ) is a French writer, author of more than a dozen novels notable for bending the rules of storytelling in unique and surprising ways. This is the first of her books to appear in English. K. E. Gormley is a translator and academic librarian living near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.