The person who saw everything
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A bizarre kaleidoscope, all the faces of which turn to the reader at different angles and eventually gather in an amazing novel about the memory, perception and cyclicality of history. 1988. The young historian Sol Adler is going to the GDR. Shortly before leaving at the pedestrian crossing of Abby Road, his car almost knocks down his car. Without attaching importance to this, he is in a hurry to meet with his girlfriend to recreate the famous picture from the Bitles cover, but the failed accident will launch a chain of events, which at first glance difficult to find an explanation - they seem to contradict each other and do not happen in due time. Why did the Sol girlfriend so unceremoniously put him out the door? Is his German translator in fact an agent of Stasi or is he himself a victim of surveillance? Why does he wear a toy wooden train in a jacket and what does pineapples have to do with it?
A new amazing story from the author of the novels “Hot Milk” and “Far from Home”, a novel that included in the Buker list of 2019. “A man who saw everything” is a bizarrely intertwined kaleidoscope, all the faces of which turn to the reader at different angles and eventually gather in a bright novel about the memory, perception and cyclicity of history. Full mysteries The story of the Sol Adler consists of events that find it difficult to find an explanation - they seem to contradict each other and do not occur in due time, and their genuine meaning will be revealed to the reader only at the very end. An excellent puzzle that will like connoisseurs of intellectual prose
A new amazing story from the author of the novels “Hot Milk” and “Far from Home”, a novel that included in the Buker list of 2019. “A man who saw everything” is a bizarrely intertwined kaleidoscope, all the faces of which turn to the reader at different angles and eventually gather in a bright novel about the memory, perception and cyclicity of history. Full mysteries The story of the Sol Adler consists of events that find it difficult to find an explanation - they seem to contradict each other and do not occur in due time, and their genuine meaning will be revealed to the reader only at the very end. An excellent puzzle that will like connoisseurs of intellectual prose
Author:
Author:Deborah Levy
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Children's Book
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Series:
Series: Intellectual Prose of the Deborae Levy
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-116106-4
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