Writers

Here we have the anatomy of the contemporary writer, as imagined by the pseudonymous, "post-exotic" Antoine Volodine. His writers aren't the familiar, bitter, alcoholic kind, however; nor are they great, romantic, tortured geniuses; and least of all are they media darlings and socialites. No, in Volodine's universe, the writer is pitted in a pathetic struggle against silence and sickness--that is, when she's not about to be murdered by random lunatics or fellow inmates. Consisting of seven loosely interlocking stories, "Writers" is a window onto a chaotic reality where expressing oneself brings along with it repercussions both absurd and frighteningly familiar.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 08/05/2014
ISBN: 9781628970401
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 09/01/2014