Book cover for Mordechai Schamz by Marc Cholodenko

Mordechai Schamz

2000 Released
121 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Dalkey Archive PressISBN 9781564782465
Translated by Dominic Di Bernardi

In a series of comic vignettes and letters, Mordechai Schamz sets out to investigate himself, his world, and the language which makes them both intelligible. Dumbfounded at every turn and undiscouraged by -- perhaps even unaware of -- his failures, he confidently gets lost in the labyrinth of his investigations. Reminiscent of Flaubert's Bouvard and Pecuchet, Calvino's Palomar, and Beckett's Watt, Mordechai Schamz ponders the mysteries of life through cliches and solipsisms, making himself the master of the illogical and the clown of the absurd.

Marc Cholodenko

Marc Cholodenko, né en 1950, est un écrivain, poète, scénariste et traducteur français.

Dominic Di Bernardi

Translated by

In addition to several of Jacques Roubaud s books, Dominic Di Bernardi has translated works by Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Muriel Cerf, Claude Ollier, and Patrick Grainville, among others.

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