Sartre's Sink - The Great Writers' Complete Book of DIY

Informationen zum Autor Mark Crick is a photographer and the author of two books of literary pastiche, Kafka's Soup, Sartre's Sink and Machiavelli's Lawn , all published by Granta Books. He lives in London. Klappentext For too long DIY books have suffered the neglect of the literary Establishment. Finally, here are the essential DIY tips of the world's greatest writers. Dostoyevsky tells of a man employed by an elderly lady to retile her bathroom; Caesar puts up a shelf for his rebellious tribe of adolescenti; the existentialist hero of the Sartre pastiche is disgusted and nauseated to discover in a blocked sink the revelation of his own condition. Other handy hints include how to remedy a squeaking floor board, remove a carpet stain and bleed a radiator, by writers including Bronte, Shakespeare, Beckett and Hemmingway. Zusammenfassung 'This brilliantly inventive DIY manual both parodies and celebrates great authors ... Crick is a brilliant literary ventriloquist' Financial Times

Product details

• Authors: Mark Crick, Crick Mark
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2008
• EAN: 9781847080479
• ISBN: 978-1-84708-047-9
• No. of pages: 137
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 175 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; HUMOR / Form / Parodies, Parodies & Spoofs, Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction