Picture 1 of 2
Gallery
Picture 1 of 2
Have one to sell?
Wittgenstein's Mistress - Paperback, by David Markson
US $6.99
ApproximatelyS$ 8.97
or Best Offer
Condition:
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Shipping:
US $4.63 (approx S$ 5.94) USPS Media MailTM.
Located in: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Sat, 16 Aug and Fri, 22 Aug to 94104
Returns:
No returns accepted.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:376211333635
Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781564782113
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-10
1564782115
ISBN-13
9781564782113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1174106
Product Key Features
Edition
3
Book Title
Wittgenstein's Mistress
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Women's Studies
Publication Year
1988
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction, Social Science
Book Series
American Literature Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
The novel I liked best this year... one dizzying, delightful, funny passage after another... Wittgenstein's Mistress gives proof positive that the experimental novel can produce high, pure works of imagination., Addresses formidable philosophic questions with tremendous wit... remarkable... A novel that can be parsed like a sentence, it is that well made., Brilliant and often hilarious... Markson is the one working novelist... who can claim affinities with Joyce, Gaddis, and Lowry, no less than with Beckett., "Beautifully conceived. An irresistible, captivating book!" (Walter Abish) "Beautifully realized. Initially as hypnotically calming as an afternoon snowfall, then, by stages as menacing and yet thrilling as a nocturnal blizzard. This is Markson in the post-Beckett Gaddis country, staking his own claim, in a territory nobody else has the courage or the strength to inhabit and survive in." (James McCourt) "Provocative, learned, wacko, brilliant, and extravagantly comic. This is a nonesuch novel, a formidable work of art by a writer who kicks tradition out the window, then kicks the window out the window, letting a splendid new light into the room." (William Kennedy) "Unsettling, shimmering . . . compelling." (Publishers Weekly) "A work of genius . . . an erudite, breathtakingly cerebral novel whose prose is crystal and whose voice rivets and whose conclusion defies you not to cry." (David Foster Wallace) "Brilliant and often hilarious . . . Markson is one working novelist I can think of who can claim affinities with Joyce, Gaddis, and Lowry, no less than with Beckett." (San Francisco Review of Books) "Addresses formidable philosophic questions with tremendous wit . . . remarkable . . . a novel that can be parsed like a sentence; it is that well made." (The New York Times Book Review), A work of genius... An erudite, breathtakingly cerebral novel whose prose is crystal and whose voice rivets and whose conclusion defies you not to cry.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Afterword by
Moore, Steven
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Wittgenstein's Mistress is a novel unlike anything David Markson or anyone else has ever written before. It is the story of a woman who is convinced and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince the reader as well that she is the only person left on earth. Presumably she is mad. And yet so appealing is her character, and so witty and seductive her narrative voice, that we will follow her hypnotically as she unloads the intellectual baggage of a lifetime in a series of irreverent meditations on everything and everybody from Brahms to sex to Heidegger to Helen of Troy. And as she contemplates aspects of the troubled past which have brought her to her present state--obviously a metaphor for ultimate loneliness--so too will her drama become one of the few certifiably original fictions of our time. "The novel I liked best this year," said the Washington Times upon the book's publication; "one dizzying, delightful, funny passage after another . . . Wittgenstein's Mistress gives proof positive that the experimental novel can produce high, pure works of imagination.", Wittgenstein's Mistress is a novel unlike anything David Markson--or anyone else--has ever written before. It is the story of a woman who is convinced--and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince the reader as well--that she is the only person left on earth.
LC Classification Number
PS3563.A67W58 2012
Item description from the seller
Seller feedback (61)
- 6***m (2003)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseA+++
- d***o (201)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseas described, great condition, well packaged
- e***g (9925)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAs described, well packed. Quick shipping. Thanks!
Seller feedback (61)
- 6***m (2003)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseA+++
- d***o (201)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseas described, great condition, well packaged
- e***g (9925)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAs described, well packed. Quick shipping. Thanks!