Observatory Mansions: A Novel

Observatory Mansions: A Novel

Once the Orme familyâ€™s magnificent ancestral estate, Observatory Mansions is now a crumbling apartment complex, home to an eccentric group of misfits. One of them is Francis Orme, who earns his livelihood as a living statue. When not practicing â€œinner and outer stillness,â€ Francis steals the cherished possessions of others to add to his private museum. The other tenants are equally as odd: his mother and father, who havenâ€™t interacted in years; a man who continually sweats and cries; a recluse who prefers television to reality; and a woman who behaves like a dog. When Anna Tapp arrives among them she stirs their souls, bringing long forgotten memories to the surfaceâ€“and arousing fears that this new resident intends to provoke a metamorphosis.
Reminiscent of Beckett, Ionesco, and Millhauser but startlingly original, Observatory Mansions is also unexpectedly beguiling. Upon its publication in England, it was a literary sensation, and John Fowles called it â€œeasily the most brilliant fiction Iâ€™ve seen this year.â€
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color White
ReleaseDate 2002-02-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375709234

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