Coda : a novel /
Playing with the expectations of the reader, Beletto constructs a logical puzzle that defies logic, much like the "almost-perpetual motion machine" invented by the narrator and his father. What sets the story in (perpetual) motion is a package of frozen seafood. This lowly mechanism trigge...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2011]
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| Summary: | Playing with the expectations of the reader, Beletto constructs a logical puzzle that defies logic, much like the "almost-perpetual motion machine" invented by the narrator and his father. What sets the story in (perpetual) motion is a package of frozen seafood. This lowly mechanism triggers a series of picaresque and otherworldly events, from the storyteller's meeting with Fate disguised as a beautiful woman, to the kidnapping of his daughter, to his amorous reunion with the younger half-sister of a high school friend, to the elimination of death from the world. |
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| Item Description: | "Winner of the French Voices Award." |
| Physical Description: | vii, 69 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780803224414 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0803224419 (pbk. : alk. paper) |