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Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this satire of the eighteenth-century picaresque novel—think Fielding's \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTom Jones \u003c\/em\u003eor Sterne's \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/em\u003e—is also an earnest picture of the pitfalls awaiting innocence as it makes its unsteady way in the world.\"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e —Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Here [is] a masterly act of authorial ventriloquism, a vivid recreation of the cadences and vocabulary, the mind-set and mores (or lack thereof) of English colonists in America’s mid-Atlantic region in the late 1600’s . . . Ebenezer describes himself as 'a morsel for the wide world’s lions.' What a gorgeous set-up for a satire.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Millions \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"John Barth's \u003cem\u003eThe Sot-Weed Factor \u003c\/em\u003eis a brilliantly specialized performance . . . A bare-knuckled satire of humanity at large.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Barth\u003c\/strong\u003e is our most celebrated postmodernist. From the appearance in 1956 of \u003cem\u003eThe Floating Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, his first published book, through the essay collection \u003cem\u003eFinal Fridays\u003c\/em\u003e, released in 2012, he has published at least two books in each of the seven decades spanning his writerly life thus far. Thrice nominated for the National Book Award—\u003cem\u003eThe Floating Opera, Lost in the Funhouse,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChimera\u003c\/em\u003e, which won in 1973—Barth has received the \u003cstrong\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong\u003eLannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003c\/strong\u003e A native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, he taught for twenty-two years in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. He now lives in Florida with his wife Shelly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41223723712667,"sku":"9781628973945","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":41223723745435,"sku":"9781628974300","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/products\/SotWeed-RGB.jpg?v=1643138788"},{"product_id":"miss-macintosh-my-darling","title":"Miss MacIntosh, My Darling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Marguerite Young\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: 9781628973952\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: 3\/5\/2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis novel is one of the most ambitious and remarkable literary achievements of our time. It is a picaresque, psychological novel—a novel of the road, a journey or voyage of the human spirit in its search for reality in a world of illusion and nightmare. It is an epic of what might be called the \u003cem\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e of American life. Marguerite Young’s method is poetic, imagistic, incantatory; in prose of extraordinary richness she tests the nature of her characters—and the nature of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss MacIntosh, My Darling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is written with oceanic music moving at many levels of consciousness and perception; but the toughly fibred realistic fabric is always there, in the happenings of the narrative, the humor, the precise details, the definitions of the characters. Miss MacIntosh herself, who hails from What Cheer, Iowa, and seems downright and normal, with an incorruptible sense of humor and the desire to put an end to phantoms; Catherine Cartwheel, the opium lady, a recluse who is shut away in a great New England seaside house and entertains imaginary guests; Mr. Spitzer, the lawyer, musical composer and mystical space traveler, a gentle man, wholly unsure of himself and of reality; his twin brother Peron, the gay and raffish gambler and virtuoso in the world of sports; Cousin Hannah, the horsewoman, balloonist, mountain-climber and militant Boston feminist, known as Al Hamad through all the seraglios of the East; Titus Bonebreaker of Chicago, wild man of God dreaming of a heavenly crown; the very efficient Christian hangman, Mr. Weed of the Wabash River Valley; a featherweight champion who meets his equal in a graveyard—these are a few who live with phantasmagorical vividness in the pages of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss MacIntosh, My Darling. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel touches on many aspects of life—drug addiction, woman’s suffrage, murder, suicide, pregnancy both real and imaginary, schizophrenia, many strange loves, the psychology of gambling, perfectionism; but the profusion of this huge book serves always to intensify the force of the central question: “What shall we do when, fleeing from illusion, we are confronted by illusion?” What is real, what is dream? Is the calendar of the human heart the same as that kept by the earth? Is it possible that one may live a secondary life of which one does not know?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn every aspect, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss MacIntosh, My Darling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e stands by itself—in the lyric beauty of its prose, its imaginative vitality and cumulative emotional power. It is the work of a writer of genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eMiss MacIntosh, My Darling\u003c\/em\u003e] is an epic of mothers and daughters, rather than of fathers and sons, husbands and wives, or war and peace, and Young's sentences, which marry the breadth of Whitman to the opulence of Nabokov, are among the most virtuosic ever produced by an American novelist.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Ryan Ruby, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMiss MacIntosh\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel as infinite and mystifying as life itself.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Meghan O'Gieblyn, \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beautiful and strange, too big to understand all at once... there is no other novel like it.\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The New York Review of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Young’s sentences are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever read, wherein she is prone to gorgeous listing, so that it hardly matters whether her writing is fiction or nonfiction.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book isn't a doorstop; it's a door, and a house, and windows, and the lot that it all sits on, and the sinkhole that's constantly swallowing it. How can you say that infinite possibility doesn't exist? It's sitting right there, and it's so big. You may not ever reach utopia, but you can always pick up this book again.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Paul Christman, \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a search for reality through a maze of illusions and fantasy and dreams, ultimately asserting in the words of Calderon: 'Life is a dream.'\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Anaïs Nin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Referred to as a 'quantum novel' in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, everything within the book is both true and untrue at the same time. Young lays out each character’s inner psychology in baroque prose, and to Young, that inner reality is the purest form of truth. Dubbed the 'longest, least-remembered great American novel' by \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, Dalkey’s edition may be an extra 122 pages long, but it’s a lush world worth savoring about 10 pages at a time before bed.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Airmail Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA descendent of Brigham Young, \u003cstrong\u003eMarguerite Young \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Indiana in 1909 and spent most of her life in Greenwich Village, where she associated with writers like Richard Wright, Carson McCullers Truman Capote, and Gertrude Stein. In addition to \u003cem\u003eMiss MacIntosh, My Darling\u003c\/em\u003e she published two works of poetry, a work of nonfiction (\u003cem\u003eAngel in the Forest\u003c\/em\u003e), a collection of essays and stories (\u003cem\u003eInviting the Muses\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003eHarp Song for a Radical: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published posthumously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead-along\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a reading companion on this monumental journey? Follow \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/missmacintosh.substack.com\/\" title=\"Miss MacIntosh, My Darling on Substack\"\u003eInvolutions of the Seashell\u003c\/a\u003e,\" an epistolary exchange between the writers Lori Feathers and Anthony Garrett as an experiment in collective criticism about the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41223736524955,"sku":"9781628973952","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":41223736590491,"sku":"9781628974324","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/MissMacIntosh-RGB.jpg?v=1687970343"},{"product_id":"phosphor-in-dreamland","title":"Phosphor in Dreamland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRikki Ducornet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781628974430\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6\/27\/23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWildly comic, erotic, and perverse, Rikki Ducornet’s dazzling novel, \u003ci\u003ePhosphor in Dreamland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, explores the relationship between power and madness, nature and its exploitation, pornography and art, innocence and depravity\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet on the imaginary Caribbean island of Birdland, the novel takes the form of a series of letters from a current resident to an old friend describing the island’s seventeenth-century history that brings together the violent Inquisition, the thoughtless extinction of the island’s exotic fauna, and the amorous story of the deformed artist-philosopher-inventor Phosphor and his impassioned, obsessional love for the beautiful Extravaganza. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jade Cabinet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ducornet’s novel and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was described by one reviewer as “Jane Austen meets Angela Carter via Lewis Carroll.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePhosphor in Dreamland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can be described as Jonathan Swift meets Angela Carter via Jorge Luis Borges. This is Ducornet at her magical best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Books by Rikki Ducornet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/jade-cabinet?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=4349abf62\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJade Cabinet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/the-one-marvelous-thing?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=4349abf62\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe One Marvellous Thing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/the-word-desire?_pos=4\u0026amp;_sid=4349abf62\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Word \"Desire\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Rikki Ducornet’s new novel is a delicious, spellbinding masterpiece. The exercise of her extravagant imaginative powers is rigorous, the richness of her writing concentrated to trenchant effect, and her enchanting narrative conducted with great intensity and seriousness. Phosphor’s bewildering, bewildered career deserves a constellation in the firmament of literary heroes.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Harry Mathews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Ducornet's fabulous narrative contrivances offer the serious reader both an unusual challenge and a dreamy scape from the constrictions of realism. She's something of a mythical beast herself: a surrealist with a sense of humor, and also a sense of history.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Ms. Ducornet's novel is a work of distorting mirrors and trapdoors, some real, others apparent — painted in, perhaps, or photographed. Neither floor nor ceiling, nor even sky, is constant. Over and over, the reader falls through one narrative surface onto another ... \u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhosphor in Dreamland\u003c\/em\u003e is a book unlike any you have read before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Rikki Ducornet can create an unsettling, dreamlike beauty out of any subject. In the heady mix of her fiction, everything becomes potently suggestive, resonant, fascinating. She exposes life’s harshest truths with a mesmeric delicacy and holds her readers spellbound.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Joanna Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhosphor in Dreamland\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with wry references to Swift (a scholarly double biography titled \u003cem\u003eA Swift and Phosphorous Eye\u003c\/em\u003e is alluded to), and like that satirist's, Ducornet's humor is sly and sharp. Unlike Swift, though, she also conveys a tender melancholy...\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Rikki Ducornet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Rikki Ducornet is imagination's emissary to this mundane world.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Stephen Sparks, Point Reyes Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Ducornet is a novelist of ambition and scope.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e —The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Ducornet—surrealist, absurdist, pure anarchist at times is one of our most accomplished writers, adept at seizing on the perfect details and writing with emotion and cool detachment simultaneously. I love her style because it is penetrating and precise but also sensual without being overwrought. You experience a Ducornet novel with all of your senses.”\u003cstrong\u003e  —\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Linguistically explosive. . . . One of the most interesting American writers around.”\u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—The Nation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRikki Ducornet\u003c\/strong\u003e is a transdisciplinary artist. Her work is animated by an interest in nature, Eros, tyranny, and the transcendent capacities of the creative imagination. She is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and artist, and her fiction has been translated into fifteen languages. 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Both are completely indifferent to conventional moral values, and describe their thefts, homosexual exploits or black market profiteering with a strange innocence that is only partly the result of a deliberate pose.”\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The experiences Leduc records exemplify, without intellectualizing, many of the ideas of Sartre, Genet and Simone de Beauvoir. Her insights are sparks thrown off by the striking of her senses and emotions. They define without structuring.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe New Leader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLa B\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eâ\u003c\/i\u003etarde\u003c\/em\u003e is a success based not on wit, wisdom or literary grace but on the unpleasant pleasure many people find in watching someone else behave shamelessly.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa B\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eâ\u003c\/i\u003etarde\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most extraordinary books to have come out of France in some time.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"A bestseller in France at its first publication, Violette Leduc's autobiographical \u003cem\u003eLa Bâtarde\u003c\/em\u003e is an oft-overlooked classic of feminist literature.\"\u003cstrong\u003e —The New Inquiry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolette Leduc\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1907-1972) has been referred to as \"France's greatest unknown writer.\" Admired by Jean Genet, Nathalie Sarraute, and Albert Camus, Leduc was championed by Simone de Beauvoir when she published her scandalous autobiography \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Batarde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1964). Like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTherese and Isabelle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, many of her audacious novels are largely inspired by her life. She is the subject of Martin Provost's biopic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimone de Beauvoir \u003c\/strong\u003e(1908-1986) was a French writer and existentialist philosopher best known for her trailblazing work of feminist philosophy \u003cem\u003eThe Second Sex. \u003c\/em\u003eShe was the recipient of many awards including the 1954 Prix Goncourt, the 1975 Jerusalem Prize, and the 1978 Austrian State Prize for European Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e writes fiction, plays, and poetry. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShe is the author of highly praised novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (longlisted for the Booker Prize), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHot Milk \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (both Man Booker Prize finalists), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Unloved, and Billy and Girl, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ethe acclaimed story collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Black Vodka\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and her ‘living’ autobiography trilogy: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Cost of Living \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Levy lives in London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDerek Coltman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e has translated such French works as Marie-Claire Blais's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA Season in the Life of Emmanuel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, Jean Varenne's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYoga and the Hindu Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, and Violette Leduc's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLa Batarde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. He lives in England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42627516137627,"sku":"9781628974577","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":42627516170395,"sku":"9781628974843","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/labatarde.jpg?v=1685570687"},{"product_id":"pierrot-mon-ami","title":"Pierrot Mon Ami","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaymond Queneau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Barbara Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781628974614\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: 9\/26\/23\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierrot Mon Ami\u003c\/i\u003e, considered by many to be one of Raymond Queneau’s finest achievements, is a quirky coming-of-age novel concerning a young man’s initiation into a world filled with deceit, fraud, and manipulation. From his short-lived job at a Paris amusement park where he helps to raise women’s skirts to the delight of an unruly audience, to his frustrated and unsuccessful love of Yvonne, to his failed assignment to care for the tomb of the shadowy Prince Luigi of Poldevia, Pierrot stumbles about, nearly immune to the effects of duplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis “innocent” implies how his story, at almost every turn, undermines, upsets, and plays upon our expectations, leaving us with more questions than answers, and doing so in a gloriously skewed style (admirably re-created by Barbara Wright, Queneau’s principal translator).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Books by Raymond Queneau\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/sally-maras-intimate-diary\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSally Mara's Intimate Diary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/the-last-days?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=c4df663bf\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Last Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“We always feel good reading a Queneau novel; he is the least depressing of the moderns, the least heavy, with something Mozartian about the easy, self-pleasing flow of his absurd plots.” \u003cstrong\u003e—John Updike, \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Raymond Queneau’s books are ambiguous fairylands in which scenes of everyday life are mingled with a melancholy that is ageless. Though they are not without bitterness, their author seems always to set his face against conclusions, and to be moved by a kind of horror of seriousness. ‘Foolishness,’ according to Flaubert, ‘consists of wanting to reach a conclusion.’ One can imagine those words as the epigraph to Queneau’s\u003cem\u003e Pierrot Mon Ami\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Albert Camus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQueneau has long been considered by the French to be a writer of ingenuity, wit and singular intelligence.\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"I must underline here the importance of the novels of Raymond Queneau, whose texture often and whose movement always are strictly those of the imagination.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Alain Robbe-Grillet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Loopily clever . . . inexhaustibly inventive, unremittingly disconcerting, overflowing with subversive energy, surrealistic wit, and rough-edged whimsy . . . All [of Barbara Wright's] translations, including this one, are triumphs of ingenuity. After reading her English version of \u003cem\u003ePierrot Mon Ami\u003c\/em\u003e, I raced through Queneau's original in delighted admiration . . . It is full of sentences which dizzy the reader with the hilarity of their close-packed variety of tone: low argot sabotages an elaborate metaphor in elevated language like Harpo Marx goosing Margaret Dumont . . . Queneau's books deserve a wider audience than they have yet won in this country. Anyone who has read one of Wright's translations has probably read them all, and will go out and get this one without needing to be urged. But if you haven't read one already, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePierrot Mon Ami\u003c\/span\u003e would be an excellent introduction. I must warn you that a taste for Queneau can escalate quite easily into an addiction, but you shouldn't let that stop you, because most good book stores here offer three or four of Wright's translations in paperback, and he's even more fun to re-read than to read.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Cityweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“A brilliant, quirky novel by a French novelist whose reputation continues to grow in America.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePierrot Mon Ami\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a poem on chance and destiny, on the relationship between what should have happened and what actually does happen . . . 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The dialogue can be as sharp as that of divas speculating cock size, but the sentences are sometimes as ornate as the spaces his characters inhabit, rambunctious as their makeup.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lawrence Chua,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sarduy rendered the epiphany of the body luminous, where the pleasure of the void meets the furious fire of the world.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBook World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSevero Sarduy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1937-1993), Cuban poet, fiction writer, playwright, and literary critic, is considered one of the best prose artists of the twentieth century. 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He lives in New York City and Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45712096067739,"sku":"9781628975802","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":45712096100507,"sku":"9781628975956","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/Cobra.jpg?v=1730324960"},{"product_id":"log-of-the-s-s-the-mrs-unguentine","title":"Log of the S.S. 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The Mrs Unguentine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a masterpiece of modern domestic life, a comic novel of closeness and difficulty, miscommunication and stubborn resolve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Forty years ago I first linked up with Unguentine and we made love on twin-hulled catamarans, sails a-billow, bless the seas . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins the courtship of a certain Unguentine to the woman we know only as “Mrs. Unguentine,” the chronicler of their sad, fantastical tale. For forty years, they sail the seas together, alone on a giant land-covered barge of their own devising. They tend their gardens, raise a child, invent an artificial forest—all the while steering clear of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRarely has a book so perfectly registered the secret solitude of marriage, how shared loneliness can result in a powerful bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e\"Mrs. Unguentine’s account of her marriage and its downfall is a hymn, a dirge, a fantasia and an omen. Crawford said he thought of the book as an “apocalyptic novel,” but its prose is lush and generative.\"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e —The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Like that second the in its title,\u003cem\u003e Log of the S.S. 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The Mrs. Unguentine\u003c\/em\u003e—the book's most inelegant passage is its title—is a brave and audacious novel whose style, structure, story and language come together like strands of hemp spliced into an intricate knot.\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Chicago Tribune \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No one captures the mind of a control freak like Stanley Crawford.\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The Village Voice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanley Crawford\u003c\/strong\u003e (1937-2024) wrote and farmed with his late wife Rosemary in Northern New Mexico from 1969 until his passing. He was the author of five novels and three works of nonfiction and was the recipient of two NEA writing fellowships and a three year Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writing Award. 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Once they arrive, a series of absurdities characteristic of an Elkin novel—including a freak snowstorm and a run-in with a vengeful Mickey Mouse—transform Eddy's idealistic wish into a fantastic nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eIn his previous work, Mr. Elkin's language is always a surprise and a joy. 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He shows his disabled characters as sick and dying, sure, but also complicated and funny and very much alive. [...] With his full-throated, language-drunk voice, the maximalist Elkin makes a profound case for disabled “quality of life,” in all its flawed and overflowing humanity.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBrian Trapp, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e“As always, Mr. Elkin plays the crazy music of his prose and takes off at the hint of a theme on his soaring funky riffs and jazzy blue notes. 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Adams, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eNYRB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eAudaciously conceived characters,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ethe slightest of dialogue,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003esophisticated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ewit allied\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eto generosity of spirit, and writing that comes at the reader with hurricane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eforce—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ethese are what make Elkin’s magical mystery tour such a splendid work of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003efiction.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eNewsday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Elkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. 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Gradually, through Levé’s casually obsessive, pointillist, beautiful ruminations, we come to know a stoic, sensible, thoughtful man who bears more than a slight psychological resemblance to Levé himself. But \u003ci\u003eSuicide\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just a compendium of memories of an old friend; it is a near-exhaustive catalog of the ramifications and effects of the act of suicide, and a unique and melancholy farewell to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With a precision that can be frightening, Levé describes a man who is wholly alienated from the consolations of the outside world, beholden only to the tiniest shifts in his perception and sensations (...) As the narrator’s revelations about his friend’s inner life become increasingly complex, the reader comes to see “tu” as a stand-in for the narrator’s own self, an externalized form that allows him empathic clarity about the most disturbed parts of his own being.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Hannah Tennant-Moore, \u003cem\u003en+1 Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If this irony-laden book contains a message to the reader it may well be this: 'You suffered real life in its continuous stream, but you controlled the flow of fictional life by reading at your own rhythm . . . As a reader, you had the power of a god: time submitted to you.' If one were to substitute 'reading' and 'reader' with 'creating' and 'creator' one might conclude that it's possible to read \u003cem\u003eSuicide \u003c\/em\u003enot simply as a veiled cri de coeur by a man looking to air the messy circumstances for which he took his life, but as a controlled work of art by a conceptual artist who wanted to leave us with a lasting document from which we might, paradoxically, muster the strength to carry on.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Christopher Byrd, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e is both fiction and final, nonfictional statement, both novel and memoir. It is we, as readers and participants, who stand at the center of these two mirrors hung opposite each other and find the author infinitely, diminishingly multiplied. Though we'll probably never know whether Levé—who in addition to being a writer was a successful photographer with an interest in conceptual art—killed himself to bring his grim metafiction full circle, it is all but impossible not to read his haunting \u003cem\u003eSuicide\u003c\/em\u003e in this troubling light.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Laird Hurt, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e reads like a photo album. This is no surprise, considering that Levé was as much an accomplished photographer as he was anything else. The prose is clipped, almost terse; while each line can be seen to represent a single idea in just the same way a photo in an album represents one moment in time. […] \u003cem\u003eSuicide\u003c\/em\u003e is at times beautiful, immensely sad at others, and in more moments than one might want to admit there is the potential in the text to be deeply relatable.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Tom McCartan,\u003cem\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e“Levé’s \u003cem\u003eSuicide \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful reminder of what makes literature—and people—so worthy of our care and study, accepting, as we do so, that the deepest answers will always allude us.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Compulsive Reader\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Levé\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(1965-2008), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a writer, photographer, and visual artist. 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