The Cartographer's Apprentice: A 21st Century Fable

Science fiction, medievalism and corporate intrigue combine in "The Cartographer's Apprentice". An Irish scientist, employed by the multinational Martel, discovers and tries to exploit the secret of a strange Catalan village in this formidable work of metafiction. The Cartographer's Apprentice is a translation from the Irish Gaelic of "An Tionscadal", winner of the 2006 Oireachtas award. It has been described as a "radical new departure in Irish fiction".

Author: Tomas Mac Siomoin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 11/30/2013
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9781493769179

About the Author
Tomás Mac Síomóin is an award-winning Gaelic novelist, storyteller, poet, and journalist. A doctoral graduate of Cornell University, he has lived in Catalonia since 1998. Translations from, and into, Spanish and Catalan, including Juan Rolfe's Pedro Paramour and the poetry of Ernesto Cardinal, figure among his work, along with polemical essays of cultural and political analysis. His poetry has been translated into many European languages, most recently Slovenian, Romanian and Turkish. His short story Music in the Bone has been selected by The Dalkey Archive Press for inclusion in Best European Fiction 2013.

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