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Wert and the Life Without End

Wert and the Life Without End

Scott, Ursula Meany
Ollier, Claude

Paperback

Series: French Literature

Literary Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1564786269
ISBN13: 9781564786265
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
Published: Jul 5 2011
Pages: 267
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

In some kind of institution, maybe a hospital or rehabilitation center, we are introduced to Wert, a disturbed, traumatized man still suffering the horrors of his experience as a soldier fighting in an unidentified conflict. A patient or prisoner, Wert writes down his memories of the war; his impressions of his current, ill-defined treatment; and his reflections on his own psychological well-being. When at last released, Wert undertakes a long journey to the east, and slowly recognizes the events of his life as being reminiscent of episodes from ancient epic narratives--as though his entire story has simply been the reenactment of a tale first told thousands of years before. Chipping away at its narrative through short, rhythmic, poetic sentences; combining the worlds of the avant-garde and the ancient epic; and revealing the interconnectedness of psychology, lived experience, and the written word, Wert and the Life Without End is a masterpiece of self-reflective storytelling.

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