Name: The Fount of Time: The Last Kindom ii (The French List)
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Author: Pascal Quignard
ISBN: 9780857428493

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The Fount of Time: The Last Kindom ii (The French List)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Pascal Quignard

Publisher

Seagull Books

Language

English

Pages

342

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780857428493

Synopsis "The Fount of Time: The Last Kindom ii (The French List) "

"Last Kingdom is a set of books that . . . is neither philosophical argumentation nor little disparate, scholarly essays, nor novelistic narrative; gradually, for me, all genres have fallen away." So writes Pascal Quignard of his monumental book series, Last Kingdom. In the latest volume, The Fount of Time, he focuses on the paradoxically immediate presence in our lives of the deepest, most distant past. He explores this subject through a multitude of mediums: fragments of autobiography; curious folktales; literary snippets; historical anecdotes both classical and modern; ruminations on biology, archaeology, and linguistics. Using all of these forms, he confronts dimensions of human experience which, though customarily conveyed in legend, myth, and dreams, run somehow beneath the everyday world and yet are part of our most tangible reality. To enter Quignard's horizonless time-space is to embrace a rich vision in which the totality of human history and culture is placed disconcertingly on a single footing. In The Fount of Time we are able to glimpse--whether through obscure cultural detail or unusual anecdote--"another world beneath the world."

Pascal Quignard

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Pascal Quignard (born in 1948) is a French writer known for his deep and philosophical style, covering genres such as the novel, essay, and experimental literature. His work stands out for exploring themes like memory, language, and history. Among his most recognized books is The Wandering Shadows (2002), with which he won the prestigious Goncourt Prize.

With a body of work that challenges narrative conventions, Quignard has established himself as one of the most original voices in contemporary French literature.

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