Fragments of Lichtenberg

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-62897-046-3
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 632 g

Reihe: French Literature Series

In just over half a century, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) had the time to be all of the following: a hunchback; a mathematician; an electrical theorist; a skirt-chaser; an asthmatic; a hypochondriac; and the author of 8,000 aphorisms. Certain scholars claim, however, that these writings are really the scattered pieces of a Great Novel, and this brilliant and polymorphous fiction by Pierre Senges tracks their attempts to piece that book together. The reader will also discover how a spinal column gets twisted, what happened to Snow White's eighth dwarf, how the CIA functions, how to burn down libraries, and how to get a lunar crater named after you.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Senges, Pierre

Weitere Mitwirkende

Flanders, Gregory

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Aufklärung
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 18. Jahrhundert

Über Autor(innen)

Born in 1968, Pierre Senges is the author of fifteen works of fiction and essays, and nearly twenty radio plays. He has won numerous literary prizes, including the Prix SACD for New Radio Talent in 2007.