Wittgenstein's mistress
Wittgenstein's Mistress is the story of a woman who is convinced-and may ultimately convince the reader as well-that she is the only person left on earth. So appealing is her character, and so witty and seductive her narrative voice, we follow her hypnotically as she unloads the intellectual baggage of a lifetime in a series of irreverent mediations on everything from Brahmas to sex to Heidegger to Helen of Troy. And as she contemplates aspects of the trouble past that have brought her to her p…
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- Full title :Wittgenstein's mistress / David Markson.
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Wittgenstein's Mistress is the story of a woman who is convinced-and may ultimately convince the reader as well-that she is the only person left on earth. So appealing is her character, and so witty and seductive her narrative voice, we follow her hypnotically as she unloads the intellectual baggage of a lifetime in a series of irreverent mediations on everything from Brahmas to sex to Heidegger to Helen of Troy. And as she contemplates aspects of the trouble past that have brought her to her present state, so too will her drama become one of the few certifiably original fictions of our time.
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- Publication Date:2002, ©1995.
- Edition:2nd paperback ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dalkey archive Press
- Place of Publication:Normal, IL
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2002, ©1995.
Notes
With an afterword by Steven Moore.
The Physical Object
- Description:248 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1564782115, 9781564782113
- oclc:ocm53022855
- LC Classification:PS3563.A67
- Dewey Decimal:813.54
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