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Empty Streets

Michal Ajvaz author Andrew Oakland translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:25th Mar '16

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In a junkyard on the outskirts of Prague, a painter stumbles across a mysterious wooden object. As he begins to notice the object’s strange shape reproduced in various places around the city, he realizes that it holds the key to uncovering the truth about the recent disappearance of a young girl. HisIn a junkyard on the outskirts of Prague, a painter stumbles across a mysterious wooden object. As he begins to notice the object’s strange shape reproduced in various places around the city, he realizes that it holds the key to uncovering the truth about the recent disappearance of a young girl. attempts to understand the meaning of the object bring him into contact with an array of characters, and the stories they tell him widen the vortex of uncertainty that the object has opened. Will the increasingly intricate web of clues eventually lead him to the truth? Empty Streets is both a thrilling fantasy and a philosophical meditation on the search for meaning in modern life.

As easy as it is to read through with rapt attention, this novel would definitely benefit from rereadings and re-examinations.

* Kirkus Reviews *

A remarkably creative, joyfully strange work.

* Asympto

ISBN: 9781564787002

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

360 pages