The annual banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
Énard, Mathias, 1972-2023
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"To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from Paris to La Pierre-Saint-Christophe, a village in the marshlands of western France. Determined to understand the essence of the local culture, the intrepid young scholar scurries around restlessly on his moped to interview residents. But what David doesn't yet know is that here, in this seemingly ordinary place, once the stage for wars and revolutions, Death leads a dance: when one thing perishes, the Wheel of Life recycles its soul and hurls it back into the world as microbe, human, or wild animal, sometimes in the past, sometimes in the future. And once a year, Death and the living observe a temporary truce during a gargantuan three-day feast where gravediggers gorge themselves on food, drink, and language ... Brimming with Mathias Énard's characteristic wit and encyclopedic brilliance, The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild is a riotous novel where the edges between past and present are constantly dissolving against a Rabelaisian backdrop of excess"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
The annual banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild / Mathias Énard ; translated by Frank Wynne.
Author:
Énard, Mathias, 1972-, authorWynne, Frank, translator
Imprint:
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2023.©2023
Collation:
419 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Series title:
New Directions paperbook ; 1575.
Notes:
"Originally published in French as Le banquet annuel de la Confrérie des fossoyeurs by Actes Sud in 2020"--Title page verso."A New Directions paperbook original.""NDP1575"--Spine.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780811231299 (pbk)9780811231299
Dewey class:
843.92
LC class:
PQ2705.N273
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
553914
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | ENAR | Available |