Awakening to the Great Sleep War Best European Fiction Series proving the eternal creative flexibility

proving the eternal creative flexibility of language and the restorative vitality of one person's cultural memory

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Journalist Simon Behler finds himself in the house of Sinbad the Sailor after being washed ashore during a seagoing adventure

A biographical sketch of this brilliant but enigmatic writer concludes the volume

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Awakening to the Great Sleep War Best European Fiction Series proving the eternal creative flexibilityOne of the loveliest riddles of Austrian literature is finally available in English translation. One of the loveliest riddles of Austrian literature is finally available in English translation: Gert Jonke's 1982 novel, Awakening to the Great Sleep War, is an expedition through a world in constant nervous motion, where reality is rapidly frayingflags refuse to stick to their poles, lids sidle off of their pots, tram tracks shake their stops away like