The Dance of A Sham
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Author
Contributions
- Marlon Jones - Translator
- Mikhail Iliatov - Cover Design
Publication
2014 - Dalkey Archive Press
Language
English
Word Count
22,250 words, Guess
Page Count
89 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-101628970324
- ISBN-139781628970326
- Library of Congress Control Number2014001182
- OCLC Control Number863197669
- Better World Books9781628970326
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL25444690M
Classifications
- LCCPQ2665.M66 D3613 2014
- LCCPQ2665.M66D3613 2014
Description
The narrator of this novel begins by introducing himself not as a speaker but a listener, spellbound by his friend Caracala’s yarns, which blend accounts of youthful mischief with casual references to Cervantes and Laurence Sterne. At first, the spotlight is entirely on Caracala, but the narrator soon begins to distrust his friend, concluding that he is no more than a sham, a performer. Yet the reader in turn comes to doubt the narrator’s own pretensions to honesty, until every source of information has become so unreliable as to make the very notion of a “true story” seem like blatant propaganda.
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