Naming the Jungle: A Novel

Hardback

Main Details

Title Naming the Jungle: A Novel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Antoine Volodine
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 213,Width 142
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781565842748
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher The New Press
Imprint The New Press
Publication Date 18 January 1996
Publication Country United States

Description

Antoine Volodine has been hailed as one of the most innovative and accomplished writers in France today. Compared by critics to Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll, Volodine weaves an unusual novel of political and psychological intrigue in a lush, exotic setting. The publication of Naming the Jungle marks his American debut and the first translation of his work into English. Puesto Libertad could be any Latin American city torn by the strife of civil war. In this isolated capital buried in the jungle, the revolutionary secret police have started digging into Fabian Golpiez's past. In order to avoid brutal torture and interrogation, he decides to feign madness. Led by a local shaman/psychiatrist in a bizarre talking cure, Golpiez must use indigenous names to prove both his innocence and his true Tupi Indian identity. To name is to conquer. He names the monkeys, the plants, and the insects all around him as he names his fear, his paranoia, and his pathologies. A masterful storyteller, Volodine speaks to us about the slow and fatal agony of revolution in a haunting and intense novel, one of the most dazzling pieces of fiction to come out of France since the early novels of Robbe-Grillet and Duras.

Author Biography

Antoine Volodine, a novelist and Russian translator, lives in Orleans, France.