The Old Man and the Bench: A Novel
Author(s): Urs Allemann
According to his contract, the old man has five months to sit on his bench and reminisce about his childhood, but all that comes out are curious stories--about leprous dominos, amorous concrete towers, chaste call girls, and more. In other words: the old man twaddles on and on. A virtuoso novel that reveals what language can do when it serves no purpose but its own proliferation, Swiss provocateur Urs Alleman's The Old Man and the Bench is a comedy of mangled verbosity.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Dalkey Archive Press
- : Dalkey Archive Press
- : 0.454
- : May 2015
- : 250mm X 150mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : May 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : 106
- : Paperback
- : Urs Allemann