The Solitary Twin

Harry Matthews

Yellow book cover with a photo of 2 faceless young men seemingly stamped (in that the images are very grainy, almost like an old newspaper) across the cover 3 times, lightly overlapping—one image is black, one image is red, and the other a nice sort of tel. In yellow text over the black photograph the title of the novel, The Solitary Twin is written; on the bottom, the author's name, Harry Matthews, is written.
Publisher:
New Directions
Harry Mathews’s brilliant final work, The Solitary Twin, is an engaging mystery that simultaneously considers the art of storytelling. When identical twins arrive at an unnamed fishing port, they become the focus of the residents’ attention and gossip. The stories they tell about the young men uncover a dizzying web of connections, revealing passion, sex, and murder. Fates are surprisingly intertwined, and the result is a moving, often hilarious, novel that questions our assumptions about life and literature.
Year
2018
Length
160 pages
Cover
Softback
Binding
Perfect binding
Dimensions
12 x 20 cm.

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