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Out of Focus
Alf Maclochlainn
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Description for Out of Focus
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
The anonymous narrator in Alf MacLochlainn's?"Out of Focus"?has more than blurred vision when he looks at the world around him as he recuperates from his many minor accidents. His visual perception or skewed perspective is a working out of the author's theory taken from William Molyneux's statement in 1692 "that an object may be seen in two places yet not seen double." / Whether he is on his bed looking through the crystal of his watch, or in a hospital bathtub peering into the overflow opening, or sitting on a chaise lounge with an empty barrel of a ballpoint pen or ring from a beer can to his eye, or back in his bed looking through a gauze bandage, this very accident-prone hero/victim manages to see inside what appears to be real-life scenes going on outside. / And when he is not playing the voyeur, his mind runs on zany inventions (natural/non-natural bust supports and shot-proof crystal eye protectors, for example) and pseudo-pedantic discussions about optics, clocks and cycling designs. / Although everything about this novel is original--plot, style, illustrations--it tips its hat in passing to some of those who have gone before: Beckett's Malone Dies and Molloy, and the narrators of "At Swim-Two-Birds" and "Cadenza."
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9780916583132
SKU
V9780916583132
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Alf Maclochlainn
Alf Maclochlainn was for many years the Librarian of the National Library of Ireland.
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