A Devil Comes to Town
byPaolo Maurensig, Anne Milano Appel
Genres: FictionAward Winning Literature
'A Devil Comes to Town is a brilliant form of torture...a huge amount of fun.' -Lisa Grgas for The Literary Review A small Swiss village full of aspiring writers + The devil in the form of a hot-shot publisher = An international bestseller by the author of the Italian literary sensation The Luneburg Variation Wild rabies runs rampant through the woods. The foxes are gaining ground, boldly making their way into the village. In Dichtersruhe, an insular yet charming haven stifled by the Swiss mountains, these omens go unnoticed by all but the new parish priest. The residents have other things on their mind: Literature. Everyone's a writer-the nights are alive with reworked manuscripts. So when the devil turns up in a black car claiming to be a hot-shot publisher, unsatisfied authorial desires are unleashed and the village's former harmony is shattered. Taut with foreboding and Gothic suspense, Paolo Maurensig gives us a refined and engaging literary parable on narcissism, vainglory, and our inextinguishable thirst for stories.
Language
en
Published on
07/05/2019
Pages
120
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781642860139
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