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The book begins with the question, "Must I write?" What follows is both a chronicle of the images that have endured in the author's mind and an exploration of their nature. The clarity of the images is extraordinary, as is their range, from Mandrake the Magician to the bachelor uncle kicked in the "stones" as a child, from a cousin's doll's house to the mysterious woman who lets her hair down, from the soldier beetle who winks messages from God to the racehorses that run forever in the author's mind.
The narrator lays bare the acts of writing and imagining, finally giving us a glimpse of the mythical place where the characters of fiction dwell before they come into existence in books. With something of the spirit of Italo Calvino and Georges Perec, this is a cornerstone of Murnane's unclassifiable project, for which he is a deserving Nobel Prize candidate.
| ISBN-13 | 9781916751149 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1916751148 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.88 x 0.63 x 7.64 In |
| List Price | $19.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 272 pages |
| Publisher | And Other Stories |
| Published On | 2025-02-04 |
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