The Extinction of Irena Rey: by Jennifer Croft

From the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest. 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 be loved 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 moulds 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 second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft 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. EAN: 9781917189132 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 16.01.2025 Autoren: Croft, Jennifer Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 288 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Literary Keyword: Jennifer Croft; jennifer croft translator; translators; novels about translators; novels about translation; contemporary fiction; literary fiction; sophie mackintosh; flights olga tok arczuk; Tokarczuk The Books of Jacob; Homesick; Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Polen / Roman, Erzählung Fachkategorie: Thriller / Spannung~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Psychologisches Innenleben Länge: 198 mm Breite: 129 mm Höhe: 22 mm