Perlmann's Silence

Informationen zum Autor Pascal Mercier was born in 1944 in Bern! Switzerland! and currently lives in Berlin! where he is a professor of philosophy. Klappentext In a quiet seaside town near Genoa! experts are gathering for a linguistics conference. One speaker! Philipp Perlmann is recently widowed and! struggling to contend with his grief! is unable to complete his keynote address. Desperate! Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of a Russian colleague who cannot attend! and pass it off as his own. This act leads Perlmann into a maelstrom of lies and deceit! which will lead him to the brink of murder. In this intense psychological drama! the author of Night Train to Lisbon takes the reader on a journey into the depths of human emotion. From the internationally bestselling author of Night Train to Lisbon comes a compelling novel about one man's attempt to extricate himself from his featureless existence and find a life of passion and danger. Zusammenfassung In a quiet seaside town near Genoa! experts are gathering for a linguistics conference. One speaker! Philipp Perlmann is recently widowed and! struggling to contend with his grief! is unable to complete his keynote address. As the hour approaches! an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of Leskov! a Russian colleague who cannot attend! and pass it off as his own. But when word reaches Perlmann that Leskov has arrived unexpectedly in Genoa! Perlmann must protect himself from exposure by constructing a maelstrom of lies and deceit! which will lead him to the brink of murder. In this intense psychological drama! the author of Night Train to Lisbon again takes the reader on a journey into the depths of human emotion and the language of memory and loss.

Product details

• Authors: Pascal Mercier
• Assisted by: Shaun Whiteside (Translation)
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.12.2011
• EAN: 9780857896261
• ISBN: 978-0-85789-626-1
• No. of pages: 616
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 178 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Schweizer SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Swissness, Romance, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Holidays, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Urban, FICTION / Romance / Action & Adventure, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Adventure fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Intended primarily or specifically for women and/or girls, Holidays, events and seasonal interest