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Lamentations of Zeno: A Novel
Ilija Trojanow
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Description for Lamentations of Zeno: A Novel
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German glacier expert Zeno Hintermeier is taking his last voyage to the Antarctic as a lecturer on board an international cruise ship. He attends to the curiosity of a privileged few as they marvel at the least explored continent and pay witness to its rapid degradation. In his early sixties, Zeno mourns the loss of his beloved glaciers, the disintegration of his loveless marriage, and the crumbling of his increasingly irrelevant career. Increasingly desperate he hatches a horrifying plan, and driven to the brink, he is convinced that his only option is to shake his fellow passengers out of their ... Read more
German glacier expert Zeno Hintermeier is taking his last voyage to the Antarctic as a lecturer on board an international cruise ship. He attends to the curiosity of a privileged few as they marvel at the least explored continent and pay witness to its rapid degradation. In his early sixties, Zeno mourns the loss of his beloved glaciers, the disintegration of his loveless marriage, and the crumbling of his increasingly irrelevant career. Increasingly desperate he hatches a horrifying plan, and driven to the brink, he is convinced that his only option is to shake his fellow passengers out of their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784782191
SKU
V9781784782191
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ilija Trojanow
Ilija Trojanow is a German novelist and travel writer, the author of many books of fiction and non-fiction. A vocal critic of domestic surveillance and the NSA, Trojanow was at the center of a cause ce'le'bre in 2013 when the United States refused him entry.
Reviews for Lamentations of Zeno: A Novel
The best thing one could say of an author: he enriches us. - Gunter Grass Thrilling, nuanced, and chillingly meditative ... Ilija Trojanow has written a modern fable tinged with absurd humor, dramatizing the high stakes of our current climate gamble. - Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin This is like the stream ... Read more