
Stigmata of Bliss
Three Novellas
Klaus Merz(Author)
Seagull Books London Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 24. March 2017
Book
Hardback
152 pages
978-0-85742-371-9 (ISBN)
Description
Klaus Merz is one of the most prominent, prolific, and versatile Swiss writers working today. Celebrated as a master of concise, condensed sentences, Merz brings depth and resonance to spare narratives with lyrical prose and striking images. Stigmata of Bliss brings together three of Merz's critically acclaimed novellas, offering English readers the perfect introduction to his work.Jacob Asleep introduces a family marked by illness, eccentricity, and a child's death. In A Man's Fate, a moment of inattention on a mountainous hike upends a teacher's life and his understanding of mortality. And finally, The Argentine traces the fluctuations of memory and desire in a man's journey around the world. In each novella, Merz takes readers on a profound and intimate journey. Read as a whole, the works complement, enrich, and echo each other.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Greenford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
15 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85742-371-9 (9780857423719)
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Persons
Klaus Merz is the author of more than two dozen books of poetry, fiction, essays, and screenplays. He lives in Switzerland. Tess Lewis's numerous translations from French and German include works by Peter Handke, Jean-Luc Benoziglio, and Pascal Bruckner.
Content
1. Jacob Asleep
2. A Man's Fate
3. The Argnetine
2. A Man's Fate
3. The Argnetine