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Chopin's Move (French Literature)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Gifted Writer on a Lark
  • A distinguished narrative with twists that keep on coming
 Chopin's Move (French Literature)
Jean Echenoz , and Mark Polizzotti
Manufacturer: Dalkey Archive Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1564783340

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Gifted Writer on a Lark.......2007-04-28

Jean Echenoz's work has received many high-browed prizes in French literature, so I was a little surprised at how slight a project CHOPIN'S MOVE was. It is the work of a gifted writer having fun with a genre romp. As with Jonathan Lethem's similarly-minded book, Gun, with Occasional Music, the results are amusing, but ultimately, somewhat exasperating.

With Echenoz, much of the fun for the reader lies in the odd turns of phrase that one wants to credit him for... as opposed to an inventive translator! But in the end, the punning (our entomologist-protagonist works with bugs, and as a spy, also plants them, get it?) and silliness just sort of wore me down. It's one thing for a writer to enjoy a good lark, but as a reader, I suppose I wasn't quite in the right mood. Nonetheless, Francophiles, word lovers, and devotees of spy literature will find this book enjoyable.

5 out of 5 stars A distinguished narrative with twists that keep on coming.......2004-06-07

Chopin's Move is an intriguing novel following Chopin, an entomologist and reluctant secret agent; Oswald, a foreign-affairs employee who mysteriously vanishes; Ozwald's wife Suzy, whose relations with Chopin enmesh her within a shroud of deceit; and more colorful, neurotic, off-kilter or ever-so-slightly screwy individuals. Written with a keen tongue-in-cheek taste for wry humor and nuances of detail, Chopin's Move is a distinguished narrative with twists that keep on coming.
Jean Echenoz, Chopin's Move.(Book Review): An article from: World Literature Today
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    		Jean Echenoz, Chopin's Move.(Book Review): An article from: World Literature Today
    Warren Motte
    Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma
    ProductGroup: Book
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    ASIN: B00084BIWW
    Release Date: 2005-08-01

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    Title: Jean Echenoz, Chopin's Move.(Book Review)
    Author: Warren Motte
    Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
    Date: September 1, 2004
    Publisher: University of Oklahoma
    Volume: 78 Issue: 3-4 Page: 115(1)

    Article Type: Book Review

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