{"product_id":"coda-9780803224414","title":"Coda","description":"\"It is to me that we owe our immortality, and this is the story that proves it beyond all doubt.\" With this sentence René Belletto begins a novel that compresses every genre he has worked in--thriller, science fiction, experimental literature, horror--into one breathless narrative in which what is at stake is nothing less than our own immortality.\u003cbr\u003e Playing with the expectations of the reader, Belletto constructs a logical puzzle that defies logic, much like the \"almost-perpetual motion machine\" invented by the narrator of this novel and his father. What sets the story in (perpetual) motion is a package of frozen seafood. This lowly mechanism triggers a series of picaresque and otherworldly events, from the storyteller's meeting with Fate disguised as a beautiful woman, to the kidnapping of his daughter, to his amorous reunion with the younger half-sister of a high school friend, to the elimination of death from the world. It's a funny business, but Belletto's playful and falsely transparent language opens the book to such serious matters as explorations of death, immortality, love, and the innocence of children. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rene Belletto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.08w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803224414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2010 pg. 1227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRené Belletto was born in France in 1945. His first book, \u003ci\u003eLe Temps mort\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Prix Jean Ray for fantasy literature, his novel \u003ci\u003eSur le terre comme au ciel\u003c\/i\u003e won the Grand Prix for fiction, and his novel \u003ci\u003eL'Enfer\u003c\/i\u003e won the Prix Fémina. Alyson Waters teaches translation at Yale University. She has translated multiple books, including Vassilis Alexakis's \u003ci\u003eForeign Words\u003c\/i\u003e and Albert Cossery's \u003ci\u003eA Splendid Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e. Stacey Levine is the author of four works of fiction, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with Brown Fur: Tales and Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138422255731,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e7cf2a01-cde6-4dad-a2f8-5dcc246f9fe1.jpg?v=1654349386","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/coda-9780803224414","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}