Awakening to the Great Sleep War

by Gert Jonke

Book Overview

One of the loveliest riddles of Austrian literature is finally available in English translation: Gert Jonke's 1982 novel, Awakening to the Great Sleep War, is an expedition through a world in constant nervous motion, where reality is rapidly fraying--flags refuse to stick to their poles, lids sidle off of their pots, tram tracks shake their stops away like fleas, and books abandon libraries in droves. Our cicerone on this journey through the possible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156478794X
• ISBN13: 9781564787941
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher