Vanishing Point

A Novel

David Markson

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English

Counterpoint
01 January 2004

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Espionage & spy thriller

From Wittgenstein's Mistress to Reader's Block to Springer's Progress to This Is Not a Novel, he has delighted and amazed readers for decades. And now comes his latest masterwork, Vanishing Point, wherein an elderly writer (identified only as ""Author"") sets out to transform shoeboxes crammed with notecards into a novel-and in so doing will dazzle us with an astonishing parade of revelations about the trials and calamities and absurdities and often even tragedies of the creative life-and all the while trying his best (he says) to keep himself out of the tale. Naturally he will fail to do the latter, frequently managing to stand aside and yet remaining undeniably central throughout-until he is swept inevitably into the narrative's starting and shattering climax. A novel of death and laughter both-and of extraordinary intellectual richness.

By: David Markson
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9781593760106
ISBN 10: 1593760108
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 January 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Markson is the author of five novels, including Springer's Progress, Wittgenstein's Mistress, and Reader's Block. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Salon Book Award. He lives in New York City.