The Medusa Frequency

The Medusa Frequency
Russell Hoban
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 176pg
29 Apr 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780241485729
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Magical realism meets Greek myth in this wonderfully offbeat novelAn inexplicable message flashing onto the screen of his Apple II computer at 3 a. m. heralds the beginning of a startling quest for frustrated author Herman Orff. Taking up the offer of a cure for writer' s block leads him to ' those places in your head that you can' t get to on your own' . Herman is plunged into a semi-dreamland inhabited by a bizarre combination of characters from myth and reality- the talking head of Orpheus; a lost love; the young girl of Vermeer' s famous portrait - and a frequency of Medusas.
Short, smart and fizzy, the novel seeks out the roots of creativity with none of the solemnity that phrase implies. * New Statesman * Entirely captivating. * Time Out *
On his death in 2011, The Times described Russell Hoban as ' perhaps the most consistently strange writer of the late 20th century' . He thought and wrote in an extraordinary range of genres, becoming first a bestselling writer of children' s books, particularly the immortal Frances stories and his first novel, The Mouse and His Child (1968). After its publication he continued to write for children (most notably perhaps the Captain Najork books with Quentin Blake and The Marzipan Pig), but focussed most of his energies on a sequence of wonderful novels, which began with The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973) and ended with Angelica Lost and Found (2010). He also wrote the libretto for Harrison Birtwistle' s opera The Second Mrs Kong (1994). His novels were wildly various, but share his obsession with objects, animals, specific works of art and pieces of music, his love of words and sense of humour. Penguin Modern Classics publishes his first eight novels- The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, Kleinzeit, Turtle Diary, Riddley Walker, Pilgermann, The Medusa Frequency, Fremder and Mr Rinyo-Clacton' s Offer.

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