Written with two folds of narrative, or in fact three, this short gripping novel has many things to offer, especially a witty view on literature, vanity and glory surrounding it all imbued in gothic and thriller like story.
In a village of Dichtersruhe, where Goethe had supposedly made a sojourn, rabid foxes lurk wild until a publisher, devil in the form of blood-and-flesh comes to hunt the aspirant writer and those who deem literary glory. Father Cornelius, though an unwelcome vicar at first, has now a motive to free the village of writers from this devil. He is also hunted by his past, but cannot surrender the spirits of his parishioners to a man who has come to rescue the letters, but is not.
“Literature is the greatest of the arts,” the priest
continued, “but it is also a dangerous endeavor.”
Rich in imagination, A Devil Comes to Town, is a story of struggle, of haunting superstition and a meditation on the literature and art itself. Short form, provocative fable and a literary parable at its best!
Author: Paolo Maurensig
Translator: Anne Milano Appel
Publisher: World Editions
Page Count: 120
Price: $14.99
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