The Engineer of Human Souls
The Engineer of Human Souls is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As the novel begins, he is a professor of American literature at a college in Toronto. Out of touch with his young students, and hounded by...
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The Engineer of Human Souls is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As the novel begins, he is a professor of American literature at a college in Toronto. Out of touch with his young students, and hounded by the Czech secret police, Danny is let loose to roam between past and present, a
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Pages no: 571
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Canada,
Czech Literature
Series: Danny Smiřický
A description of this novel can give some idea of the various materials it's woven together from, but won't mention any of the large gallery of riotous, pathetic, human characters. Any book as full as this one -- telling only part of the protagonist's life but suggesting that there's much more; movi...
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