Chopin's Move

von Jean Echenoz

135 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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With his trademark comically wry phrasing and a sure eye for quirky detail, Echenoz has produced his oddest and most enjoyable novel to date. Chopin's Move interweaves the fates of Chopin, entomologist and recalcitrant secret agent; Oswald, a young foreign-affairs employee who vanishes en route to his new home; Suzy, who gets enmeshed in a tangle of deceit and counterdeceit; the mysterious Colonel Seck, whose motivations are never quite what they seem; and a typically Echenozian supporting cast of neurotic bodyguards, disquieting functionaries, and crafty double agents. As the plot thickens, the characters become embroiled in layer upon layer of deception and double-dealing, leading them further into a world in which nothing can be taken at face value and in which "reality" hinges on apparently harmless coincidence.

• Reihe: Dalkey Archive Press
• ISBN: 9781564783349
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2004
• Größe: 201 x 141 mm
• Verlag: Deep Vellum Publishing
• Übersetzung: Mark Polizzotti