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A mysterious echo from the past. One mans suicide attempt and his struggle to return among the living. The allegory of a famous Bruegel painting and a poem by W. H. Auden. The redemptive power of art and literature. Set primarily in Montreal, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus traverses the narrators youthful past in Eastern Europe to his arrival as an immigrant to Canada while weaving an intricate literary tapestry blending the pain of exile with the persistent search for meaning and home. Part memoir and part confession, this erotically charged tale explores the quixotic aspects of desire, the nature and origin of suffering, and how compassion and forgiveness lie at the very depth of our humanity.

About the Author :
Zsolt Alapi is a short story writer, editor, and critic whose stories, articles, and reviews have appeared widely in Canada, the U.S., Great Britain, and France. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Alapi moved to Montreal, Quebec during the Vietnam War and finished his Ph.D. at McGill University. He taught literature at college and university for three decades and ran a micro-press, Siren Song Publishing, which featured writing from what The Guardian dubbed as 'The New Underground', edgy fiction that follows the path forged by the Beat and post-Beat writers of the latter part of the 20th century.

Review :
"Alapis words seethe and writhe on the page; at once excoriating, funny and generous, his writing is unforgettable. -- Heidi James, Author of Wounding and So the Doves A novel that takes you from the flailing of coital limbs to the drip of an IV feed; from the endless sidewalks of Montreal to the cafés of Mitteleuropa. Alapis Stephen offers the reader a flâneur-ian excursion into pain and bliss, into guided and self-chosen therapy, into literal and emotional exile. Stephen would hear Shelleys cry O World! O Life! O Time! and answer it with books, sex, memory, and relentless tries at loving others and oneself. -- Harold Hoefle, Author of the Night Chorus Zsolt Alapi is a very fine writer. He has a quirky and dark sense of humor that penetrates to the core of the human condition. Miss him at your peril. -- Mark Safranko, Author of Hating Olivia, The Suicide & Nowhere Near Hollywood


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781927599501
  • Publisher: DC Books,Canada
  • Publisher Imprint: DC Books,Canada
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Weight: 388 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1927599504
  • Publisher Date: 15 May 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 140 mm


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