The Island of Second Sight A Novel
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Unavailable to English readers for more than 50 years, The Island of Second Sight is a masterpiece of world literature. Set in the years leading up to World War II, it is the fictionalized account of the time spent in Mallorca by the author and his wife, who encounter the most unpredictable and surreal adventures, pursued all the while by Nazis and Francoists. And just as the chaos comes to seem manageable, the Spanish Civil War erupts. Drawing comparisons to Don Quixote and The Man Without Qualities, The Island of Second Sight is a novel of astonishing and singular richness of language and purpose. At once ironic and humanistic, hilarious and profoundly serious, philosophical and grotesque, The Island of Second Sight is a literary tour de force.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781468307139 |
Publisher: | The Overlook Press |
Imprint: | The Overlook Press |
Pub date: | 25 Sep 2013 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 736 |
Weight: | 454g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 153mm |
Spine width: | 25mm |