Saint Glinglin
Raymond Queneau author James Sallis translator James Sallis editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Queneau's tragicomic masterpiece which retells in an array of styles the primal Freudian myth of sons killing the father.Queneau satirizes anthropology, folklore, philosophy, and epistemology while spinning a story as appealing as a fairy tale about a land where it never rains and a bizarre festival is held every Saint Glinglin's Day.
"Queneau's funny, philosophical nonsense is addictive." -- PW "Queneau's riveting language provides an entree to complex existentialist meditations on the alienation of both fish and humans from nature and to brilliantly inventive discourses on insects. The plot is fantastical but interwoven with enough threads of reality to keep the reader turning pages. A fine rendition of one of Queneau's most important novels; essential for academic and large public libraries." -- Library Journal
ISBN: 9781564782304
Dimensions: 216mm x 142mm x 14mm
Weight: 259g
169 pages