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Walaschek's dream

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Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication Date: 22/05/2012
Place of Publication: United States

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Giovanni Orelli s docufictional phantasmagoria revisits a lesser-known painting by Paul Klee titled Alphabet I, which features black letters and symbols scrawled over the sports page of a newspaper reporting Switzerland s victory over Nazi Germany in the 1938 Swiss National Cup. This play of coincidences sets the stage for Orelli s encyclopedic portrait of European culture under Nazism, where a motley crew of philosopher-peasants as well as historical luminaries like Arthur Schopenhauer, Vincent van Gogh, Viktor Shklovsky, Marina Tsvetaeva, Klee himself, and the titular footballer Eugene Walaschek all meet at the local tavern and debate the significance of Klee s work.

One of Switzerland s most important Italian-language authors . . . Walaschek s Dream bears a complex and perplexing structure, taking as its point of departure the emotions born from contemplating a Klee painting at a museum in Bern . . .

Title: Walaschek's dream
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Contributors: By (author) Giovanni Orelli ; Translated by Jamie Richards

ISBN 13: 9781564787569
ISBN 10: 1564787567

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication Date: 22/05/2012
Place of Publication: Normal, United States
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BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Dewey Classification: 853.914 (DC21)

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Height: 203mm
Width: 142mm
Thickness: 15mm
Weight: 666g