Dimensions
140 x 208 x 21mm
By the celebrated Oulipo writer, this brilliant and witty novel set in Lisbon explores love, relationships, and the strange balance between literature and life. andamp;#160;Journalist, writer, and translator Vincent Balmer moves to Lisbon to escape from a failing affair. During his first assignment there, he teams up with Antonioandamp;mdash;a photographer who has just returned to the city after a ten-year absenceandamp;mdash;to report for a French newspaper on an infamous serial killerandamp;rsquo;s trial.andamp;#160;While walking around the city together to take notes and photos for the article, they visit the places of Antonioandamp;rsquo;s childhood, swap stories from their pasts, and confide in each other. But the more they learn about each other, the more their lives become inextricably intertwined.andamp;#160;With a structure that parallels Homerandamp;rsquo;s Odyssey, Elandamp;eacute;ctrico W recounts their nine days together and the adventures that proliferate to form a constellation of successive ephemeral connections and relationships.