Absinth
Seb Doubinsky
ISBN 10: 162897155X ISBN 13: 9781628971552
Published by Dalkey Archive Press, US, 2017
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In Absinth, you'll meet three main characters trying to figure out their life on the backdrop of the upcoming Apocalypse: Iris, a fortune-teller who cannot see not the future but weirdly anachronistic versions of the past; Sid Saperstein, a shameless huckster chosen to publish a sacred manuscript whose message will shake heaven and earth alike; Hermes, the Greek messenger god, dispatched by Zeus to sound out his fellow deities, still smarting from the licking they took two thousand years ago, on how best to take advantage of the coming changes, whatever they may be. And also God Himself, whose enigmatic voice addresses us throughout the novel in the contemporary koans of advertising lingo. Seller Inventory # LU-9781628971552
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In Absinth, you’ll meet three main characters trying to figure out their life on the backdrop of the upcoming Apocalypse: Iris, a fortune-teller who cannot see not the future but weirdly anachronistic versions of the past; Sid Saperstein, a shameless huckster chosen to publish a sacred manuscript whose message will shake heaven and earth alike; Hermes, the Greek messenger god, dispatched by Zeus to sound out his fellow deities, still smarting from the licking they took two thousand years ago, on how best to take advantage of the coming changes, whatever they may be. And also God Himself, whose enigmatic voice addresses us throughout the novel in the contemporary koans of advertising lingo.
About the Author: Seb Doubinsky is a French bilingual writer, born in 1963 in Paris. He has published more than 15 novels and 6 poetry collections in France, the UK and the USA. His fiction can be seen as a mosaic of different styles and subjects, although it is always centered on the questions of freedom and identity. He currently lives and teaches in Aarhus, in Denmark, with his wife and their two children.
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Title: Absinth
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, US
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New