Centroeuropa

For readers of W. G. Sebald and Agustin Fernandez Mallo, this archaeological novel digs into Europe's soil, uncovering a long history of violence and expropriation. Prussia, the early 19th century. As he attempts to bury his recently deceased wife, Redo Hauptshammer uncovers the frozen body of a uniformed soldier. As he continues to dig, the bodies start to pile up - all of them fallen cavalrymen bearing the secrets of an earlier era. For readers of W. G. Sebald and Agustin Fernandez Mallo, this archaeological novel digs into Europe''s soil, uncovering a long history of violence and expropriation. Mora''s writing is audacious, melancholy, and formally experimental, with each chapter exactly double the length of the one that precedes it - as the bodies proliferate, the story keeps getting more complicated. In a bold yet lyrical translation by Rahul Bery, Centroeuropa introduces English-speaking readers to one of Europe''s pre-eminent experimental prose writers currently at work.

• | Author: Vicente Luis Mora, Rahul Bery
• | Publisher: Peninsula Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: Nov 02, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781913512392
• | ISBN-10: 1913512398