The Mayors Tongue

A stunningly original novel of literary obsession and imagination that is sure to be one of the most highly anticipated debuts of the year. From a precociously talented young writer already widely admired in the literary world, The Mayor’s Tongue is a bold, vertiginous debut novel that unfolds in two complementary narratives, one following a young man and the other an old man. The young man is Eugene Brentani, aflame with a passion for literature and language, and a devotee of the reclusive author and adventurer Constance Eakins, now living in Italy. The old man is Mr. Schmitz, whose wife is dying, and, confused and terrified, he longs to confide in his dear friend Rutherford. But Rutherford has disappeared, and his letters, postmarked from Italy, become more and more ominous as the weeks pass. In separate but resonating story lines, both men’s adventures take them from New York City to the mountainous borderlands of northern Italy, where the line between reality and imag...

Author: Rich Nathaniel
Year of publication: 2009
Number of pages: 253
Reading time: 4 h. 13 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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