Reinhardt's Garden

At the turn of the twentieth century, as he composes a treatise on melancholy, Jacov Reinhardt sets off from his small Croatian village in search of his hero and unwitting mentor, Emiliano Gomez Carrasquilla, who is rumored to have disappeared into the South American jungle--"not lost, mind you, but retired." Jacov's narcissistic preoccupation with melancholy consumes him, and as he desperately recounts the myth of his journey to his trusted but ailing scribe, hope for an encounter with the lost philosopher who holds the key to Jacov's obsession seems increasingly unlikely.

From Croatia to Germany, Hungary to Russia, and finally to the Americas, Jacov and his companions grapple with the limits of art, colonialism, and escapism in this antic debut where dark satire and skewed history converge.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 10/01/2019
ISBN: 9781566895620
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2019
Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 66