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Sleepworker
Cyrille Martinez
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Description for Sleepworker
Paperback. The Sleepworker does to Andy Warhol and John Giorno what Warhol himself did to the tomato soup can. Translator(s): Stancil, Joseph Patrick. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
"As New York, capital of the twentieth century, recedes from memory, it becomes more like Paris; we flock to it to pay tribute to the great things that once happened there. New York is now a miasma of apocryphal myths feasting on its own corpse. On these pages, Martinez spins hazy rumor and wilting gossip into blistering contemporary fiction, holding up Warhol's mirror to the myth of Warhol himself. The result is a delicious celebration of simulacra where, like New York New York itself, nothing is true, but everything is permitted."-Kenneth Goldsmith John is a poet. Only John almost ... Read more
"As New York, capital of the twentieth century, recedes from memory, it becomes more like Paris; we flock to it to pay tribute to the great things that once happened there. New York is now a miasma of apocryphal myths feasting on its own corpse. On these pages, Martinez spins hazy rumor and wilting gossip into blistering contemporary fiction, holding up Warhol's mirror to the myth of Warhol himself. The result is a delicious celebration of simulacra where, like New York New York itself, nothing is true, but everything is permitted."-Kenneth Goldsmith John is a poet. Only John almost ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552453025
SKU
V9781552453025
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99-15
About Cyrille Martinez
Cyrille Martinez: Originally from the south of France, Cyrille Martinez is a poet and novelist living in Paris. He has performed at public readings in France and abroad on the stereotypes of modern language, slang, slogans, jargon, and the like. This is his second novel. Joseph Patrick Stancil: Joseph Patrick Stancil has studied French and translation at UNC-Chapel Hill and ... Read more
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