
Island of Point Nemo
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"Those of you who stay with Blas de Roblès's ultimately quite satisfying novel will find yourselves with a new European literary star to steer by."-Alan Cheuse, NPR
A stolen diamond and three right feet, wearing shoes of a non-existent brand, that wash ashore in Scotland set into motion the first plot of Island of Point Nemo, a rollicking Jules Verne-like adventure narrative that crosses continents and oceans, involves multilingual codes, a world-famous villain, and three eccentrically loopy detectives.
Running parallel is the story of B@bil Books, an e-reader factory in France filled with its own set of colorful characters, including the impotent Dieumercie and his randy wife, who will stop at nothing-including a suspect ritual involving bees-to fix his "problem," and their abusive boss Wang-ilWong, obsessed with carrier pigeons and spying on his employees.
With the humor of a Jasper Fforde novel, and the structure of a Haruki Murakami one, Island of Point Nemois a literary puzzle and grand testament to the power of storytelling-even in our digital age.
Born in Algeria, Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès is a truly international writer, having spent significant time in Brazil, France, Taiwan, and Libya. His novel Where Tigers Are at Home won the Fnac, Giono, and Médicis Prizes. Island of Point Nemo is his ninth novel.
Hannah Chute has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester. In 2015, she received the Banff Centre Scholarship to work on Island of Point Nemo, her first full-length translation.
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Born in Algeria, Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès is a truly international writer, having spent significant time in Brazil, France, Taiwan, and Libya. In addition to writing novels (Where Tigers Are at Home, in English from Other Press and recipient of the Fnac, Giono, Médicis Prizes), he's a philosopher, and, following his participation in underwater archaeological excavations in Libya, he began editing a collection of archaeology books for Édisud. Island of Point Nemo is his ninth novel.
Hannah Chute has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester, where she also studied harp at the Eastman School of Music. In 2015 she received the Banff Centre Scholarship to work on Island of Point Nemo, her first full-length translation.Content
- Cover
- Praise for Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès
- Also by Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- ISLAND OF POINT NEMO
- I: The Mystery of the Three Feet
- II: Breathtaking View of a Worker's Backside
- III: Talkative Soles
- IV: A Lovely Odor of Roasted Turnips
- V: The Chinese Cut Short
- VI: Casa Beaubrun
- VII: An Additional Horror
- VIII: Dead Stars above the Bed
- IX: The Diamond and Its Reflection
- X: A Bit of Fog on the Lenses of His Glasses
- XI: By the Virgin's Holy Robe
- XII: A Butcher's Joke
- XIII: I Survived the Terror of Russian Sex
- XIV: The Bitter Poison of Evil Passions
- XV: The Noh Straddler
- XVI: A Dying Rat
- XVII: Leibniz is a Moron
- XVIII: Dead Sheep Cove
- XIX: The Sowers of Dread
- XX: A Flaming Rabbit is a Horrible Thing
- XXI: The Savage Division
- XXII: The Writing Disease
- Last Telegrams of the Night
- XXIII: The Scorpions Loathe the Living
- XXIV: A Horrible Disease Had Disfigured Her
- XXV: The Caspian Sea Monster
- XXVI: Giving the Finger to the Iron Locker
- XXVII: Too Well Hung to Impregnate a Girl
- XXVIII: An Extended Fly
- XXIX: The Three-Jeweled Eunuch
- XXX: The Cigar Makers' Bible
- Last Telegrams of the Night
- XXXI: The Infernal Sausage
- XXXII: If He's Talking to You, It Means He's Breathing!
- XXXIII: A Fish With Human Hands Grabbed My Breasts!
- XXXIV: Under the Belly of a Fox
- XXXV: Dr. Mulbach's Snake Oil
- XXXVI: What Kind of Dog is It?
- XXXVII: The Big Bloop
- XXXVIII: The Apocolocyntosis of the Barnum Museum
- Last Telegrams of the Night
- XXXIX: Strong Homerin
- XL: Tourette's Virus
- XLI: The Strangers of Morning
- XLII: The Tiger's Bite
- XLIII: The Infernal Cyclist
- XLIV: Name Is Bond
- XLV: Hic sunt dracones
- XLVI: The Most Massive Harpoon
- Last Telegrams of the Night
- XLVII: The Island of Point Nemo
- XLVIII: When the Tigers Broke Free
- XLIX: A Blaze of Black Feathers
- L: The Dream of Alexandria
- LI: There's Whiskey in the Jar!
- LII: Leave this page, children, and you as well,readers whom immodesty offends!
- LIII: A Single Green Creature
- LIV: The Donkey Killer
- Last Telegrams of the Night
- LV: Martyrio, the "Woman Cannonball"
- LVI: Butter Cookies
- LVII: A Slow Atlantis
- LVIII: The Terrible Vengeance of the Afghan Sow
- LIX: A Thousand Vain Jihads
- LX: The Ohio Giant
- LXI: To the Andaman Islands
- LXII: O Captain! My Captain!
- About the Author
- About the Translator
- More from Open Letter
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