Observatory Mansions

Name: Observatory Mansions
Brand: Knopf
SKU: 9780375709234-G
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By Edward Carey

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Once the Orme family's magnificent ancestral estate, Observatory Mansions is now a crumbling apartment complex, home to an eccentric group of misfits. One of them is Francis Orme, who earns his livelihood as a living statue. When not practicing "inner and outer stillness,” Francis steals the cherished possessions of others to add to his private museum. The other tenants are equally as odd: his mother and father, who haven't interacted in years; a man who continually sweats and cries; a recluse who prefers television to reality; and a woman who behaves like a dog. When Anna Tapp arrives among them she stirs their souls, bringing long forgotten memories to the surface-and arousing fears that this new resident intends to provoke a metamorphosis. Reminiscent of Beckett, Ionesco, and Millhauser but startlingly original, Observatory Mansions is also unexpectedly beguiling. Upon its publication in England, it was a literary sensation, and John Fowles called it "easily the most brilliant fiction I've seen this year.”

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: illustrated
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 370
Publisher:: Knopf
Publication Date:: 2002-02-05
ISBN / EAN:: 9780375709234
Weight:: 412 g
Dimensions:: 13/20/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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