by Flann O'Brien · Nórdica Libros · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788410200401
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Dive into the uniqueness of 'The Third Policeman,' a novel that defies conventions and weaves a world where the absurd and the comical intertwine with the philosophical. Accompany our protagonist, a nameless man, on a mind-blowing journey through extravagant landscapes, where he will encounter two-dimensional buildings, bicycles with souls, and a mad scientist determined to prove that the Earth is 'sausage-like.' With ingenious prose and a style reminiscent of Lewis Carroll, Flann O'Brien invites us to reflect on the big questions of existence, offering us keys to understanding a circular, repetitive, and close to unbearable hell.
Brian O'Nolan, whose pen names included Flann O'Brien, was an Irish Civil Service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature. Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. His four English-language novels, At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), The Hard Life (1961), The Dalkey Archive (1964) and The Third Policeman (1967), were published under the pen name Flann O'Brien. His many satirical columns in The Irish Times and an Irish-language novel, An Béal Bocht (1941), were written under the name Myles na gCopaleen.
