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The Conversions (American Literature)

by Harry Mathews

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A wild goose chase through a remarkably unusual world, The Conversions invites both reader and protagonist to participate in a quest for answers to an elusive game.

Synopsis:

At a dinner party hosted by a wealthy New Yorker, a guest receives a gold adze, the coveted prize in a worm race. When the man dies the next day, he bequeaths, according to a stipulation in his will, the bulk of his fortune to the adze's possessor, provided he answer three mysterious questions relating to the artifact's history. In his search the owner encounters a menagerie of eccentric personalities: an ancient revolutionary in a Parisian prison, a ludicrous pair of gibberish-speaking brothers, and customs officials who spend their time reading contraband materials. He soon finds himself immersed in the centuries-long history of a persecuted religious sect and in an odyssey that begins in a forgotten fog-covered town in Scotland and ends on the ocean floor off the coast of an uncharted French island.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781564781666

Author:

Mathews, Harry

Author:

Matthews, Harry

Publisher:

Dalkey Archive Press

Location:

Normal, IL :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Adventure stories

Subject:

Riddles

Subject:

Eccentrics and eccentricities

Subject:

Secret societies

Subject:

Riddles -- Fiction.

Subject:

Code and cipher stories.

Subject:

Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Edition Number:

1

Edition Description:

1st Dalkey Archive ed.

Series:

American Literature Series

Series Volume:

no. 6750

Publication Date:

19971031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

192

Dimensions:

8.51x5.50x.59 in. .54 lbs.

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Product details 192 pages Dalkey Archive Press - 1997-10-00 English 9781564781666 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Ingram, At a dinner party hosted by a wealthy New Yorker, a guest receives a gold adze, the coveted prize in a worm race. When the man dies the next day, he bequeaths, according to a stipulation in his will, the bulk of his fortune to the adze's possessor, provided he answer three mysterious questions relating to the artifact's history. In his search the owner encounters a menagerie of eccentric personalities: an ancient revolutionary in a Parisian prison, a ludicrous pair of gibberish-speaking brothers, and customs officials who spend their time reading contraband materials. He soon finds himself immersed in the centuries-long history of a persecuted religious sect and in an odyssey that begins in a forgotten fog-covered town in Scotland and ends on the ocean floor off the coast of an uncharted French island.