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Case Closed: A Novel (Czech Literature Series)
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Description for Case Closed: A Novel (Czech Literature Series)
Paperback. Series: Czech Literature Series. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Centered on an elderly retiree and his intellectual adversary, the shrewd Inspector Lebeda, "Case Closed" is filled with all the expected elements of a thriller--murder, rape, suicide!--but soon reveals itself as a wily and sophisticated parable about the dangers of language itself, in which the author takes aim at human nature with a devastating arsenal of genre-mixing, wordplay, and whimsical, biting satire.
Centered on an elderly retiree and his intellectual adversary, the shrewd Inspector Lebeda, "Case Closed" is filled with all the expected elements of a thriller--murder, rape, suicide!--but soon reveals itself as a wily and sophisticated parable about the dangers of language itself, in which the author takes aim at human nature with a devastating arsenal of genre-mixing, wordplay, and whimsical, biting satire.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Series
Czech Literature Series
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564785770
SKU
V9781564785770
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Ref
99-15
About Unknown
Patrik Ou?ednik was born in Prague, but immigrated to France in 1984 where he still lives. He is the author of eight books, including fiction, essays, and poems. He is also the Czech translator of novels, short stories, and plays from such writers as Francois Rabelais, Alfred Jarry, Raymond Queneau, Samuel Beckett, and Boris Vian. He has received a number ... Read more
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