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Distant Sound - by Gert Jonke (Paperback)

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  • A composer who has already given up composing - because of his inability to notate the music of the spheres - becomes increasingly fixated on capturing a mysterious, eerie, distant sound, which he soon equates with all the things he desires most: the perfect woman, the perfect city, the perfect work of art.
  • Author(s): Gert Jonke
  • 289 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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Told that he recently attempted suicide, a man awakens in an insane asylum with no memory of his actions, or even of his own name...



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A composer who has already given up composing - because of his inability to notate the music of the spheres - becomes increasingly fixated on capturing a mysterious, eerie, distant sound, which he soon equates with all the things he desires most: the perfect woman, the perfect city, the perfect work of art. Obsessed with his impossible quest, the man breaks out of the asylum and begins a series of comic, dreamlike, and ultimately haunting adventures as he tries to locate the source of the sound that consumes him... and instead finds the root cause of all his failures.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .86 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 289
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Gert Jonke
Language: English
Street Date: August 24, 2010
TCIN: 1007265077
UPC: 9781564785268
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-4160
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.86 pounds
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