The Encounter British lite ” —Library Journal

” —Library Journal

Daniel Handler

yearning and nostalgia for something or someone irreparably lost

" First published in 1936 and long neglected

We meet amputee sons whose mothers cart them from brothel to brothel

The Encounter British lite ” —Library JournalBy Gabriela Adameteanu Translated by Alistair Ian Blyth ISBN: 9781564789532 Description Pushed around by ticket takers who demand his ticket in several languag es, a middle aged man goes through a nightmare of hiding and getting away until he manages to cross a frontier guarded by soldiers and dogs. Hes made it back to his native village. There he finds his whole family gathered around a big table, as if for a wedding, a baptism or a wake, but no one