Engelse boeken: The Mystery of the Sardine Stefan Themerson

Aangeboden: The Mystery of the Sardine Stefan Themerson Prijs: T.e.a.b. THE MYSTERY OF THE SARDINE Stefan Themerson Boek met harde rode linnen kaft met gouden letteropdruk met stofomslag met illustratie met witte letteropdruk in perfecte conditie; 194 pagina's; A Great Man of Letters, a child genius, two dancing ladies, the Minister of Imponderabilia, Captain Casanova, an English Dame - to say nothing of the black poodle or the sardine: Stefan Themerson's many characters are colourful and intriguing. Exactly how they are all linked to each other is just one of the riddles in this fascinating novel. Its tantalizing narrative takes us from London to the holiday island of Majorca and finally behind the Iron Curtain to Poland. Themerson's themes are as diverse and exhilarating as his characters. He makes the world seem unknown and exciting again as he teases us with coincidences, parallels and mirror images. He quietly challenges us with his insights into the worlds of philosophy, history, politics, mathematics and language. Above all, he delights and refreshes us with his gentle send-up of human irrationality. The Mystery of the Sardine is fiction at its most original, witty and thought-provoking. Jacket design by Pentagram Illustration by Irene Von Treskow CONTENTS PART ONE ONE The Colour of his Eyes TWO The True Earth THREE The Black Poodle FOUR The Ambassador, the Admiral & a Third Milieu FIVE The Way of Not Answering Questions SIX The Wheelchair SEVEN The Philosopher & The Mathematician EIGHT The Dancing Ladies NINE Captain Casanova PART TWO TEN The Cedarwood Casket ELEVEN The Minister of Imponderabilia TWELVE No Axioms are Immortal THIRTEEN Occam's Razor FOURTEEN Euclid was an Ass FIFTEEN As Old as Dust SIXTEEN All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full... CODA Not a Single Sardine for his Footnote Principal Characters Bernard St Austell Anne, his wife John and Piffin, their children Marjorie, Bernard's secretary Tim Chesterton-Brown Veronica, his wife Emma, their daughter Miss Prentice, a palmist Revd Paul Prentice, her brother Ian, her son General Piesc, lan's father (More about him in 'General Piesc or the case of the forgotten mission' by the same author) Dame Victoria, mother of Anne St Austell Sir Lionel Cooper, her half-brother Lady Cooper, his wife Perceval W. Cooper Joseph Kszak, 'Minister of Imponderabilia' Captain Casanova-Bridgewater Mr McPherson Sally, his girlfriend Dr Goldfinger, friend of Princess Zuppa, the friend of Cardinal Pölätüo (of whom more in 'Cardinal Pölätüo' by the same author) Also: Mrs Piesc; Dr Brzeski; Bill, the newspaper boy; Mr Newman and his 'niece'; an ambassador; his butler; policemen; detectives; Mother Superior; Judge; Mrs Massgrave; Don Jose Maria Lopez; a Spanish priest; a French lady; a German Arztin; Mr Adamczyk, a chauffeur; Mr Mirek, a helicopter pilot; a Mr Krupa, an American in Paris; and the Mad Hatter.

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