Impressions of Africa Portuguese Literature Series "It’s the tone of these

"It’s the tone of these stories

from shifting continents to tiny heartbreaks

"Polizzotti’s remarkable achievement is a welcome addition to this small but growing body of work on Roussel and serves as a reminder of an author and a novel too often neglected

and his younger pal Buddy ("The World's Greatest Piano Player")

Sebald and Yoel Hoffmann

Impressions of Africa Portuguese Literature Series "It’s the tone of theseBy Raymond Roussel Translated by Mark Polizzotti ISBN: 9781564786241 Publication Date: 6 29 2011 The long awaited new translation of the most dazzling and unclassifiable work of fiction in any language. In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the great chieftain Talou. In performance after bizarre performancestarring, among others, a zither playing worm,