by Régine Detambel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782260007371
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«L'amputation» is the novel by Régine Detambel, published by Julliard in 1990 in paperback, with 209 pages in French.
In a dismantled print shop, a stubborn sculptor tries to make his great work from a block of diorite; a writer, kin to Bouvard and Pécuchet, drafts lists of topics and methods he cannot apply. The book mocks him and the stone comes to life, dragging the sculptor on a trip around the world full of Oulipian games, quotations and Borgesian echoes.
The cover shows in sepia an abstract sculpture shaped like a dagger or sword with a human head. The edition weighs 7.8 ounces and measures 7.9 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches.
For readers of experimental French fiction who enjoy literary games, pastiche and references to Borges or Perec.
