The Biographer's Tale
Registered by fannynatalie of Wien Bezirk 08 - Josefstadt, Wien Austria on 1/22/2007
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by fannynatalie from Wien Bezirk 08 - Josefstadt, Wien Austria on Monday, January 22, 2007
In this witty, Borges-like fiction, A. S. Byatt weaves a dazzling fiction out of one man's search for fact. Fed up with stultifying criticism, Phineas G decides to study the messiness of 'real life'. Doing nothing by halves, he sets out to write a biography of a great biographer. But a 'whole life' is hard to find. How do we put the idea of a person together? Everywhere he looks, he finds fragments and gaps: bones and husks, oxes of marbles, collections of coins and undated postcards. Trails run cold and mysteries are unresolved. Phineas feels he is hunting shadows Like a shaman flying across the globe, his mind tracks the journeys of his subjects to the deserts of Africa and the maelstroms of the Arctic, where the shapes of myth meet the patterns of science. He meets others building wholes from bits and pieces: taxonomists, ecologists to trave; agents offering the trip of your dreams. In the process, he also puzzles out his own future - but which woman will guide him out of the labyrinth?
Journal Entry 2 by fannynatalie at OBCZ Golden Harp in Wien Bezirk 09 - Alsergrund, Wien Austria on Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (1/23/2019 UTC) at OBCZ Golden Harp in Wien Bezirk 09 - Alsergrund, Wien Austria
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herzlichen Glückwunsch, du hast ein reisendes Buch gefunden! Ich hoffe, es gefällt dir.
Ich freue mich, wenn du einen Journal-Eintrag machst, damit ich weiß, wo das Buch gerade ist und was du damit vor hast. Wenn dir die Idee von Bookcrossing gefällt, kannst du dich bei Bookcrossing registrieren, das ist kostenlos und anonym. Du kannst dadurch den weiteren Weg dieses Buches verfolgen. Infos auch auf http://www.bookcrossers.at/
bzw. http://www.bookcrossers.de/
In Österreich gibt es ein eigenes Bookcrossing-Forum: http://bcat.az.in/forum/
dort gibt es Hilfe bei Fragen und Infos zu Bookcrossing und auch der Spaß kommt nicht zu kurz. Viele erholsame Stunden und Spaß beim Lesen!
Hello! Bookcrossing is an online community of book lovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. We are curious to see how far and wide this book will travel and how its readers like it. Kindly make a journal entry to let us know it's found a new reader.
Feel free to read and keep this book, pass it on to a friend, leave it back or somewhere else for the next reader. If you journal this book as a member, then you will be able to follow the book as it travels around. Happy reading!
Journal Entry 3 by Ghanescha at Wien Bezirk 09 - Alsergrund, Wien Austria on Wednesday, January 23, 2019
red in german
Journal Entry 4 by Ghanescha at Knights Templar Pub in City of London, Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, February 1, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (2/2/2019 UTC) at Knights Templar Pub in City of London, Greater London United Kingdom
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"The more you read, the more things you will know.
The more you learn, the more places you'll go."
- Dr. Seuss
The more you learn, the more places you'll go."
- Dr. Seuss
Journal Entry 5 by teachie at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, February 2, 2019
Picked this up at the Knights Templar meet up. I will add to this journal after I have read it.
Leaving this on the bookcase in the restaurant.