| Description |
357 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"First published in the Swedish language as Köttets tid in 2019 by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, Sweden" |
| Summary |
"In this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in a bar she meets a man with an extraordinary story to tell. In exchange for somewhere to sleep and to hide out for a few days, he is willing to tell her the whole astonishing tale. What follows is an account of fantastic proportions and ingredients: the existence of a shadowy Internet TV show with a certain morality clause, a threat to the storyteller's life, a diabolical nun, and the story of a girl with a missing left thumb. The tale is also the precursor to a meeting between the writer and the infernal miracle worker, Lucia-a meeting that ultimately forces the writer to make a fateful decision about her own inner essence. Carnality is a novel about the universal need for spirituality and truth-not to mention a good story-set in the seemingly unspiritual grimy underbelly of society"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Authors, Swedish -- Fiction.
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Secrecy -- Fiction.
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Hiding places -- Fiction.
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Internet television -- Fiction.
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Informers -- Fiction.
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Miracle workers -- Fiction.
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Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Novels.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Perry, Frank (Translator), translator.
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| Added Title |
Köttets tid. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Wolff, Lina, 1973- Carnality New York : Other Press, [2022] 9781635420753 (DLC) 2021058995 |
| ISBN |
9781635420746 (paperback) |
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1635420741 (paperback) |
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9781635420753 (ebook) |
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