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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Locus Recommended ReadingProdigies explores the story of the poet Novaliss birthplace in the German town of Weissenfels after it is converted into a boarding house Moving subtle and full of wit irony and dreams this novel fills the house with the women who lived there throughout the nineteenth century and across the flow of history constructs the secret drama of their destiniesPraise for ProdigiesI am so in love with this book I could explode I want to hug it and pet it and call it George I knew it would be good because Small Beer Press publishes the best but I had no idea how just enchanted I would be with this delightful novel of unusual tenants at a boarding house in the nineteenth century This book scratched my Muriel SparkBarbara Comyns itches with an extra side of the unusual Originally published in 1994 this is Argentinian writer Gorodischers third novel to be translated into English I will definitely be reading the first two now Liberty Hardy Book RiotPut strangers around a common table and you have possibilities in life and in literature Thus the driving premise of The Magic Mountain and thus Argentine novelist Gorodischers slender book Gorodischer writes a poetic vigorous prose Her story dreamlike and startandstop takes effort for though brief it is denseand well worth the trouble Kirkus ReviewsBecause of Prodigies unusual style it requires great care and thoughtfulness to read It cannot be rushed through or casually scanned An impatient reader will abandon this book long before its rich rewards can be reaped The right audience will have a willingness to savor to doubleback over sentences to bob along to wherever the author and characters wish to take you If you are ready for the experience of Prodigies it is definitely ready for you Carmen Maria Machado NPRGorodischers rhythmic and transparent prose reveals the violence underlying bourgeois respectability Prodigies is both incisive and incantatorySofia Samatar author of A Stranger in OlondriaProdigies which she considers to be her best novel takes place in Germany in the home of the poet Novalis after his death and is a humorous and ironic portrayal of the women who passed through that homeWomen and Power in Argentinean LiteratureAnglica Gorodischer was born in Buenos Aires in 1928 and has lived in Rosario since 1936 She has published many novels and short story collections including Kalpa Imperial Mango Juice and Trafalgar as well as a memoir History of My Mother Her work has been translated into many languages and her translators include Ursula K Le Guin and Alberto Manguel With certain selfsatisfaction she claims she has never written plays or poems not even at sixteen when everybody writes poems especially on unrequited love She received two Fulbright awards as well as many literary awards around the world including a 2014 Konex Special Mention Award. Seller Inventory # DADAX1618730991
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 161 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 1618730991