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Synopsis
Weaving between fantasy and reality, an eighteenth-century prince obsessed with his own immortality creates a city that exists only on paper, where a fictional inhabitant named Pfitz disappears and leads his creator on a quest to find him.
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Review
"Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire.""--The Atlantic Monthly"
"Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines."--Alyssa Katz, "Newsday"
"There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world."--Michael Upchurch, "The Seattle Times"
Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire. "The Atlantic Monthly"
Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines. "Alyssa Katz, Newsday"
There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world. "Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times""
Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire. The Atlantic Monthly
Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines. Alyssa Katz, Newsday
There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world. Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times
""Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire." --The Atlantic Monthly
"Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines." --Alyssa Katz, Newsday
"There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world." --Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times
About the Author
Andrew Crumey studied Theoretical Physics and Mathematics at St. Andrews University and Imperial College, and did postdoctoral research at Leeds University on nonlinear dynamics. He received Scotland's Saltire Prize for Best First Novel for Music, In a Foreign Language. He lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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- PublisherPicador USA
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0312169647
- ISBN 13 9780312169640
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages164
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