The Interrogative Mood

'If Duchamp or maybe Magritte wrote a novel (and maybe they did. Did they?) it might look something like this remarkable little book of Padgett Powell's: immensely readable, ingenious, witty, and ultimately important-feeling in a way you can't quite describe but don't need to' Richard FordThrough a seemingly random but infinitely artful series of questions this small masterpiece mysteriously, elusively, hilariously, compellingly lights up life.Are your emotions pure? Are your nerves adjustable? How do you stand in relation to the potato? Should it still be Constantinople? Does a nameless horse make you more nervous or less nervous than a named horse? In your view, do children smell good? ... Does your doorbell ever ring? Is there sand in your craw? Could Mendeleyev place you correctly in a square on a chart of periodic identities, or would you resonate all over the board? How many push-ups can you do?

Title - The Interrogative Mood

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Author - Padgett Powell

ISBN 13 - 9781846683664

Imprint - Profile Books Ltd

Publisher - Profile Books Ltd

Date Published - 11/11/2010

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 138 x 204 x 21mm

Weight - 298 g

Languages - English