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Fernando Q. Gouvea · 11 Apr 2009, 21:57
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From: fqgouvea at colby.edu (Fernando Q. Gouvea) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:57:53 -0400 Subject: (urth) very strange Message-ID: <49E11261.2080203 at colby.edu> The latest issue of The Weekly Standard includes a review of a Hungarian novel, first published in 2001 and now translated into English. The book is called "Tranquility". It seems, from what the review says, to be told mostly in flashback, looking back from the funeral of the narrator's mother. The narrator's name is Andor W?er. The review describes the novel as characterized by "sneaky, half-teasing indirection". He adds that "The narrator mentions the most crucial events in passing, then returns to them via circuitous routes full of speculative tangents, remembered dreams, stories within stories, and purposely disorienting chronological lurches...." I couldn't help but think of "Peace", told mostly in flashback, by Alden Weer, by an author who is also fond of this sort of indirection... Coincidence, or alien intervention? Fernando -- ================================================================== Fernando Q. Gouvea Carter Professor of Mathematics Colby College Editor, FOCUS Mayflower Hill 5836 Editor, MAA Reviews Waterville, ME 04901 fqgouvea at colby.edu Stealing a rhinoceros should not be attempted lightly.
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