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Albert Angelo

by B.S. Johnson
RM44.48 MYR
Albert Angelo
Albert Angelo

Architect's life unraveling in avant-garde narrative twists.

If life's complexities and unexpected turns fascinate you, "Albert Angelo" will likely resonate deeply. B. S. Johnson's playful experimentation with form and his candid exploration of a man grappling with personal and professional disillusionment might speak to the part of you that seeks both innovation in storytelling and a sincere, visceral examination of human frailty. Plus, it promises a moment on page 163 that is sure to catch you off guard – how could you not be a little bit curious?

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Albert Angelo

by B.S. Johnson
RM44.48 MYR
ISBN: 9781447200376
Authors: B.S. Johnson
Publisher: Picador USA
Date of Publication: 2013-02-14
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.82
(rated by 617 readers)

Description

In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde, he became famous for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his unique ways of putting them into practice. Johnson said of the acerbically comic and exuberant Albert Angelo that it was where he ‘really discovered what he should be doing’. On page 163 of this extraordinary book is one of the most surprising lines in English fiction. But you should start at the beginning. The eponymous Albert is an architect by training but a supply teacher out of necessity. Feeling that he is failing at both, and haunted by a failed love affair, he begins to question what he wants to achieve. Using a number of original narrative techniques Johnson attempts to reproduce life (and its travails) as closely as possible through fiction, while at the same time revelling in the impossibility of such a task.
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Architect's life unraveling in avant-garde narrative twists.

If life's complexities and unexpected turns fascinate you, "Albert Angelo" will likely resonate deeply. B. S. Johnson's playful experimentation with form and his candid exploration of a man grappling with personal and professional disillusionment might speak to the part of you that seeks both innovation in storytelling and a sincere, visceral examination of human frailty. Plus, it promises a moment on page 163 that is sure to catch you off guard – how could you not be a little bit curious?

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.