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The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus

The Age of Wire and String By Ben Marcus

The Age of Wire and String by Ben Marcus


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Summary

A potential cult classic - the Finnegans Wake of the 1990s.

The Age of Wire and String Summary

The Age of Wire and String by Ben Marcus

A potential cult classic - the Finnegans Wake of the 1990s.

A bulletin from a parallel universe where the relations between words and things are utterly changed.

Bewitchingly original, genuinely refreshing, The Age of Wire and String takes all of the linguistic value systems on which our great literature is based, chews them up and spits them out. At once artificial, bizarre and bewildering, this is a Finnegans Wake, a Tristram Shandy for the end of the millennium.

The Age of Wire and String Reviews

`A rare, genius-struck achievement'
Kirkus

`A thought-provoking, completely singular work'
Los Angeles Times

`Stories so undeniably brilliant, so amazingly fresh, yet so strange and at times so preposterous that most readers will be left speechless'
Dallas Morning News

`The most audacious literary debut in decades'
Robert Coover

`This doesn't happen very often. Someone comes out of left field and blows up literature'
Jeffrey Eugenides

`If you want to find out what you really think, this is the book you should read'
Harry Matthews

`Utterly wonderful, wonderful and beautiful'
Donald Antrim

About Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus was born in 1967, educated at Brown and NYU, is an Associate Editor of the much-admired literary journal Conjunctions and a Pushcart Prize-winner.

Additional information

GOR001550591
9780002256506
0002256509
The Age of Wire and String by Ben Marcus
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
19971103
160
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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