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portada Observatory Mansions: A Novel
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2002
Language
English
Pages
356
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.4 x 13.3 x 1.9 cm
Weight
0.33 kg.
ISBN
0375709231
ISBN13
9780375709234

Observatory Mansions: A Novel

Edward Carey (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

Observatory Mansions: A Novel - Carey, Edward

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Synopsis "Observatory Mansions: A Novel"

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."

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