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Devil Comes to Town
Devil Comes to Town | Paolo Maurensig
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"Maurensig has created a gripping short novel that is critical of the realities of publishing, a hybrid of at least two genres, highly imaginative, and involving even beyond the final page." --Critica Letteraria"Biblical, oblique, and (…more)
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Decalino
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In this unsettling novella, the narrator receives a memoir recounting the experiences of a cleric in a tiny Swiss town, where everyone is an aspiring writer. Their literary ambitions draw the attentions of a devil in the form of a publisher, who sets up shop in the insular community and proceeds to turn them against each other. A rather sinister look at the power of story.

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Jari-chan
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This book was love at first sight. Now, after reading it, the love runs even deeper. This story is more than your usual Faust retelling. It's uncanny, mysterious, dark. Uncomfortable. Deep. Layered. Just my kind of book ❤️ 🦊
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Abailliekaras
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I loved this from the first page. A priest in a small Swiss town confronts the devil, who appears in the form of a brash publisher. Scathing re jealousies & hypocrisy of literati, satiric re the deterioration of cathedrals & ‘great stages‘ for the devil: ‘what‘s left to the poor old-school devil?‘. A writer in full control, lively prose - theatrical & absurd but writing so clear he nails the images to the page - each scene comes to life.

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