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The Taiga Syndrome
10,79 € |
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Verlag: | And Other Stories |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 01.10.2019 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781911508694 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 128 |
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Beschreibungen
A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple that has fled to the far reaches of the Earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down – that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation serves to betray both sense and the senses. The stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective's quest. As she enters a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of capitalism – accumulation and expulsion, corruption and cruelty –the lessons of her journey unfold: that sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.