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Nicholas Royle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956251544 ISBN 13: 9780956251541

Publisher: Myriad Editions, 2010

Synopsis

Facing the disarray and disorientation around his father's death, a man contends with the strange and haunting power of the house his parents once lived in.
He sets about the mundane yet exhausting process of sorting through the remnants of his fathers life clearing away years of accumulated objects, unearthing forgotten memories and the haunted realms of everyday life. At the same time, he embarks on an eccentric side-project. And as he grows increasingly obsessed with this new project, his grip on reality seems to slip.
Nicholas Royle challenges and experiments with literary form to forge a new mode of storytelling that is both playful and inquisitive. Tender, absorbing and at times shockingly funny, this extraordinary novel is both mystery and love story. It confronts the mad hand of grief and embraces the endless possibilities of language.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Royle is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He is also the author of An English Guide to Birdwatching (`Rachel Cusk rewritten by Georges Bataille, full of strange sex, sudden violence and surreal twists' FT) and numerous books about literature and literary theory, including The Uncanny and This Thing Called Literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Myriad Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0956251544
• ISBN 13: 9780956251541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 135