New Finnish Grammar
$25.20
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2012
Summary
The right word. That’s all the difference between life and death. Memory is inseparable from words. Words draw things out of the shadows. Learn the words and you will recover your memory.
One night at Trieste in September 1943 a seriously wounded soldier is found on the quay. With nothing to identify him, and having lost his memory and language, he is a mystery to the crew of the German ship that rescues him. The ship’s doctor, a Finn, identifies the name embroidered on the man’s jack…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922079664 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922079669 |
| Author: | Diego Marani |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is an extraordinary book, as good as Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient and with a similar mystery at its heart.’
‘A well-paced dissection of what drives a man to kill to survive, to forget to preserve a past, then lose it all just when the storm clouds are drifting away. Verdict: Unforgettable search for memory.’ * Courier Mail *
‘Don’t be misled by the world’s most unappealing title. This i a stunner…Marani’s tale is deeply satisfying…This is language to be savoured, enjoyed and revisited…One of the most astonishingly beautiful books I have read.’ * Sunday Star Times *
‘This is an extraordinary book, as good as Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient and with a similar mystery at its heart.’ * Spectator *
‘An entrancing, disturbing exploration of the limits of speech and self.’ * Independent *
‘Marani has created a staggering study of loss and an act of retrieval that is heroic.’ * Irish Times *
‘Beautifully written and translated, and beautifully original.’ * Times *
‘Deep and rich, did I say? That isn’t the half of it. I can’t remember when I read a more extraordinary novel, or when I was last so strongly tempted to use the word “genius” of its author.’ * Guardian *
‘New Finnish Grammar is truly a marvel. The interweaving of plot and language is extremely well executed and the central mystery provides an urgency that will keep you turning its relatively few pages until the end. Meanwhile, the philosophical and psychological implications of the connection between memory, language and self will leave you deep in thought for some time after turning that final page.’ * Artshub *
About The Author
Diego Marani
Diego Marani was born in Ferrara in 1959. He works as a senior linguist for the European Union in Brussels. Every week he writes a column for a Swiss newspaper about current affairs in Europanto, a language he invented. He is the author of a collection of short stories in Europanto, Las Adventures des Inspector Cabillot, and five other novels, including The Last of the Vostyachs, to be published in Australia and New Zealand in early 2013.
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