Vanishing Point by David Markson - ISBN: 9781593760106
Paperback
An elderly writer (identified only as “Author”) sets out to transform shoe boxes crammed with notecards into a novel, and in so doing will dazzle readers with an astonishing parade of revelations about the trials and calamities and absurdities and often even tragedies of the creative life–all the wh…

Vanishing Point

A Novel

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2004

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Summary

From Wittgenstein’s Mistress to Reader’s Block to Springer’s Progress to This Is Not a Novel, he has delighted and amazed readers for decades. And now comes his latest masterwork, Vanishing Point, wherein an elderly writer (identified only as “Author”) sets out to transform shoeboxes crammed with notecards into a novel-and in so doing will dazzle us with an astonishing parade of revelations about the trials and calamities and absurdities and often even tragedies of the creative life-and all t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781593760106
ISBN-10:1593760108
Author:David Markson
Publisher:Counterpoint
Imprint:Counterpoint
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:1 January 2004
Weight:344g
Dimensions:209mm x 139mm
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Critics Review

“No one but Beckett can be quite as sad and funny at the same time as Markson can.”

About The Author

David Markson

David Markson is the author of five novels, including Springer’s Progress, Wittgenstein’s Mistress, and Reader’s Block. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Salon Book Award. He lives in New York City.

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