The extinction of Irena Rey : a novel
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
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Book
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309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Meadville Public Library | Croft, Jennifer | Checked Out | May 28, 2024 |
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
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English
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Eight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace.
The translators, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime molds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets-and deceptions-of Irena Rey's that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself.
This hilarious, thought-provoking debut novel is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europe's last great wildernesses.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Croft, J. (2024). The extinction of Irena Rey: a novel . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Croft, Jennifer. 2024. The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Croft, Jennifer. The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Croft, Jennifer. The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
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