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The Age of Wire and String

First illustrated edition

Hardback (02 May 2013)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus's first collection - part fiction, part handbook - as familiar objects take on markedly unfamiliar meanings. Gradually, this makeshift world, in its defiance of the laws of physics and language, finds a foundation in its own implausibility, as Marcus produces new feelings and sensations - both comic and disturbing - in the definitive guide to an unpredictable yet exhilarating plane of existence.

About the Publisher

Granta Books

Granta Books is one of the most independent-minded and prestigious literary publishers in the UK. The company publishes around 25 new titles a year, both literary fiction and upmarket non-fiction, and provides authors with the intimacy of a small, passionate and creative team while consistently punching above its weight in review coverage, prizes, cultural impact and sales.

Book information

ISBN: 9781847086389
Publisher: Granta Publications
Imprint: Granta Books
Pub date:
Edition: First illustrated edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 191
Weight: 380g
Height: 221mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 21mm
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