Experimental narrative structure creates a fractal, labyrinthine reading experience for readers
First English translation of Jean Lahougue's work, making it accessible to English-speaking readers
Afterword by K.E. Gormley provides additional insights and context
Includes a portrait of obsession, exploring themes of identity and artistic ambition
Publication by Wakefield Press, known for high-quality, experimental literature
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Translated, with an afterword, by K. E. Gormley / September 2024 / 5.375 x 8, 208 pp. / 978-1-939663-97-9
An editor at a Parisian publishing house receives a manuscript by someone calling himself Desiderio—a manuscript that bears an eerie (though vague) resemblance to his own life and to a book he was planning to write on a Renaissance p