Perlmann's Silence

Pascal Mercier, Shaun Whiteside

ISBN 10: 184887717X / ISBN 13: 9781848877177

Published by Atlantic, 2011

About this Item

616 pages. Cover worn. Ex-libraryIn a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts are gathering for a linguistics c onference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann is recently widowed and, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to complete his keynote address. As the hour a.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perlmann's Silence
• Publisher: Atlantic
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184887717X
• ISBN 13: 9781848877177
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

From the internationally bestselling author of Night Train to Lisbon comes a compelling novel about one man's attempt to extricate himself from his featureless existence and find a life of passion and danger.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2013 IMPAC AWARD

In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts are gathering for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann is recently widowed and, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to complete his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of Leskov, a Russian colleague who cannot attend, and pass it off as his own.

But when word reaches Perlmann that Leskov has arrived unexpectedly in Genoa, Perlmann must protect himself from exposure by constructing a maelstrom of lies and deceit, which will lead him to the brink of murder.

In this intense psychological drama, the author of Night Train to Lisbon again takes the reader on a journey into the depths of human emotion and the language of memory and loss.

About the Author

PASCAL MERCIER was born in 1944 in Bern, Switzerland, and currently lives in Berlin where he is a professor of philosophy. Night Train to Lisbon is his third novel.