The Library of Thomas Rivka (New American Fiction) - Softcover

Nakell, Martin

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9781557130891: The Library of Thomas Rivka (New American Fiction)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1557130892 ISBN 13: 9781557130891
Publisher: Sun & Moon Press, 2000

Synopsis

In this short fiction Los Angeles writer Martin Nakell explores various ideas, philosophical and practical, about an entire library of books - how to classify them, how to order them, their bindings, their markings, and what their being within the same library means, how they "communicate" with one another - all of which helps to reveal the personality and mind of their owner Thomas Rivka. Suggesting other such fictions by figures from J. K. Huysmans to Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Thomas Rivka is an absurdly humorous work - the collector even refuses to read his books - exploring and revealing what knowledge and the containers of that knowledge mean in the human experience.

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About the Author

Martin Nakell is the publisher of Jahbone Press and Professor of English at Chapman University in California.

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Publisher
Sun & Moon Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1557130892
ISBN 13 
9781557130891
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
86
Rating
  • 3.60 out of 5 stars
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