by Eric Chevillard (2004)
"Eric Chevillard's visionary play of word and thought has been compared to the work of Beckett, Michaux, and Pinget, yet the universe he spins is utterly his own. Palafox (Editions de Minuit, 1990), Chevillard's third novel of eleven, explores the ecosystem of an unclassifiable yet enchanting protean creature, Palafox. A team of experts armed with degrees of higher learning is determined to label, train, baptize, and realize the elusive creature, while Palafox effortlessly and wordlessly defies them all."--Jacket.
Cao Xuegin
Ben shu shi wo guo si da gu dian ming zhu zhi yi, yi jia bao yu, lin dai yu, xue bao chai de ai qing jiu ge wei xian suo, yi jia, shi, wang, xue si da jia zu wei zhong xin, yi qing chao feng jian she hui wei bei jing, xie chu le feng jian da jia zu de xing shuai, tong shi ye zhe she chu wo guo feng jian she hui xing shuai de li shi.
Jung Young Moon
"A tragicomic odyssey told through free association from South Korea's most enigmatic contemporary authors scrubs the depths of the human psyche to achieve a higher level of consciousness equal to Zen meditation. The story opens when our sleepless narrator thwarts a would-be thief outside his moonlit window, then delves into his subconscious imagination to explore a variety of geographical and mental locations--real, unreal, surreal--to explore the very nature of reality...."--Cover, p.[4]
Thomas Berger
The time is the 1930s. Buddy Sandifer, dressed in his natty white flannels, baby-blue shirt, striped tie, tan-and-white shoes, and coconut-straw hat with polka-dot band, is falling into one of his moods. Owner of a used-car lot and father of a fifteen-year-old son with a penchant for sex manuals, Buddy has decided to murder his wife and marry his mistress, Laverne, a robust blonde who cooks his favorite meal of fried pork chops, fried potatoes, and fried apples while wearing a short pink apron over black-lace step-ins and brassiere, long-gartered silk stockings, and platform shoes. The only problem is how to arrange the crime.
Peter Cameron
A man leaves his American life behind him and travels to La Plata, Andorra where he settles and gradually meets the city's most prominent citizens. As he becomes involved in their lives, the mystery surrounding his deepens.