by Gerard Donovan · Quinteto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497110297
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«El telescopio de Schopenhauer» is the contemporary fiction novel by Gerard Donovan, published by Quinteto in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
In an unnamed European village, in the midst of a civil war, a man digs a grave in the frozen ground while another watches him. During the sunset, their conversation reveals who they are and how they have ended up separated by a growing tomb. A parable about collective violence and the fragility of civilization.
Originally published in 2003 as 'Schopenhauers Telescope', the work was nominated for the Booker Prize 2003 and won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2004.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in psychological tension, philosophical background, and historical violence.
Gerard Donovan, is an Irish-born novelist, photographer and poet living in Plymouth, England, working as a lecturer at the University of Plymouth.
