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In 1953, an unknown German writer with a 1000-page novel met with astonishment and success. Paul Celan hailed it as 'a genuine work of art' Siegfried Lenz praised it as an 'event' and, in 1999, Maarten Hart, writing for Die Zeit, proclaimed it 'the greatest book of the century'. Based on the author's experiences in the 1930s in Mallorca, The Island of Second Sight follows Vigoleis (the author's alter ego) as he is pursued by Nazis and Francoists. He and his wife Beatrice embark on a series of unpredictable and surreal adventures to survive. AVAILABLE NOW
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"One of the greatest books of the 20th century." --Thomas Mann 1953
"You need to search far and wide to find a book that
can measure up to this. If there is one book that
really deserves to be called a 'literary event', it is
undoubtedly this one." --Siegfried Lenz in WELT AM SONNTAG
"Have just read a German novel which struck me as
a true work of art: The Island of Second Sight." --Paul Celan
"I have known it for a long time: The greatest book
of this (20th) century is: The Island of Second Sight
by Albert Vigoleis Thelen." --Maarten t'Hart in: DIE ZEIT
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"You need to search far and wide to find a book that
can measure up to this. If there is one book that
really deserves to be called a 'literary event', it is
undoubtedly this one." --Siegfried Lenz in WELT AM SONNTAG
"Have just read a German novel which struck me as
a true work of art: The Island of Second Sight." --Paul Celan
"I have known it for a long time: The greatest book
of this (20th) century is: The Island of Second Sight
by Albert Vigoleis Thelen." --Maarten t'Hart in: DIE ZEIT
This novel has been a huge success in German, French, Spanish and Dutch. Now available in a brilliant English translation by Donald White.
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- PublisherGalileo Publishing
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1903385067
- ISBN 13 9781903385067
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages816
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