Longlisted for the 2017 PEN Translation Prize One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2016 One of Words Without Borders' Picks for "Favorite International Reads of 2016" "...rich, tragic, yet playful novel..." -- Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review "Formally dazzling, playful and affecting, a new Oulipian classic." -- Lauren Elkin, author of Fl neuse and The End...