An Archive of Human Nonsense - Softcover

Rolfe, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1943813299 ISBN 13: 9781943813292

Publisher: Snuggly Books, 2017

Synopsis

 

“Along the tavern’s back wall he found a small writing desk, around which the floor was stained ink-black and littered with loose scraps of paper. Atop the desk he found a small stack of handwritten newsletters entitled The Archive of Human Nonsense. He picked one up. It was dated 17 April, 1817—eight months previous—and had been hand-penned in German running script. From front to back the small newsletter was eight pages long. It opened with a list of names, twenty-two in all, and closed with a watercolour picture of a giant red rooster . . .”

Thus begins an existential journey through Vienna’s streets and one man’s guilt-laden memories. From mountebanks, puppet showmen, and trainers of performing monkeys, to the strange Mechanical Theatre of Sebastian von Schwenenfeld, the journey becomes a quest not to find meaning but to define it.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Snuggly Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1943813299
• ISBN 13: 9781943813292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 46