Spontaneous acts
Tawada, Yōko, 1960-2024
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"Patrik, who sometimes calls himself "the patient," is a literary researcher living in Berlin, a city just coming back to life after lockdown. Though his beloved opera houses are open again, Patrik cannot leave the house and hardly manages to get out of bed. He is supposed to give a paper at a conference in Paris, on the poetry collection Threadsuns by Paul Celan, but he can't manage to get past the first question on the registration form: "What is your nationality?" As Patrik attempts to find a connection in a world that constantly overwhelms him, he meets a mysterious stranger. The man's name is Leo-Eric Fu, and somehow he already knows Patrik . . . Yoko Tawada's mesmerizing new novel unfolds like a lucid dream in which the solace of friendship, reading, conversation, music, of seeing and being seen weave a life together across decades, languages, and cultures, and reaches out to all of us who find meaning and even obsession in the words of those before us."-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Spontaneous acts / Yoko Tawada ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky.
Author:
Tawada, Yōko, 1960-, authorBernofsky, Susan, translator
Imprint:
London : Dialogue Books, 2024.©2024
Collation:
137 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
First published in Germany in 2020 by Konkursbuch Verlag. This English translation first published in the United States in 2024 by New Directions under the title "Paul Celan and the trans-Tibetan angel".Translated from the German.
ISBN:
97803497042349780349704234
Dewey class:
833.92
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
559922
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | TAWA | Available |