Anthology of Apparitions - Softcover

Simon Liberati; Paul Buck (translator); Catherine Petit (translator)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901285588 ISBN 13: 9781901285581

Publisher: Pushkin Press, 2006

Synopsis

Claude is a fallen angel left over from the hedonistic 1970s nightclubbing scene in Paris and St Tropez, destroyed by the unsolved mystery of his sister Marina's disappearance. He has been unable to move on from the heady days of his past, and spends his time day-dreaming in a cafe, his only company ghostly appearances from his past, people and places from his restless youth spent living life on the edge. Now in his forties, unemployed and only just getting by in the world, Claude is paralyzed by regret at having stood idly by as Marina lost her way. Busy partying and procuring escorts for the rich and famous, he betrayed both her and his wife, choosing instead to live in a vacuum of love and regret. Anthology of Apparitions (Anthologie des apparitions) is a tough novel, which deconstructs its characters to their bare bones and reveals the nothingness that lies beneath the surface glitter of materialism and vanity.

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Review:

Fascinating, well written and rewardingly different from the countless novels about people you think you recognise or, worse, think you are. Anthology of Apparitions is a valuable and at times tender examination of an unenviable, alien soul (Simon Baker New Statesman)

Synopsis:

Claude is a fallen angel from the hedonistic 1970's nightclubbing scene in Paris and St Tropez. As "Anthology of Apparitions" begins, he is in his forties, destroyed by the mystery of his sister's disappearance - he sits in a cafe drinking and day-dreaming. Only the ghostly appearances from his past make life tolerable. Claude is haunted by memories and visions of 1976, when he was sixteen and his sister Marina only a child. Together they belonged to the world of wild young things living on the edge, but when Marina started to lose her way, Claude did nothing to save her.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1901285588
• ISBN 13: 9781901285581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144