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Mefisto by John Banville (1999, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGodine Publisher, David R.
ISBN-101567920977
ISBN-139781567920970
eBay Product ID (ePID)980088
Product Key Features
Book TitleMefisto
Number of Pages233 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicPsychological, Visionary & Metaphysical, General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Banville
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Banville fuses intellect and myth into something dazzling and disquieting." -- Washington Post "A dark and glittering parable of ambition and ruin." -- The Guardian "A richly imagined tale of brilliance, madness, and metaphysical hunger." -- The Irish Times
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
Synopsis"A dark and glittering parable of ambition and ruin."-- The Guardian A Faustian fever dream of numbers, knowledge, and the darkness that lurks beyond comprehension. Gabriel Swan is a gifted mathematician who sees the world not in words, but in numbers. Compelled to find the elusive code behind life itself, he plunges into a search for absolute meaning. But when he meets Felix--a charismatic, otherworldly stranger who seems to hold the answers--Gabriel's journey takes a darker turn. As Gabriel's intellectual pursuits give way to emotional chaos, he finds himself at the mercy of strange encounters, physical ruin, and moral confusion. Is Felix a savior, a devil, or merely a mirror of Gabriel's own unraveling? Inspired by the legend of Faust, Mefisto is a dazzling, philosophical novel about genius, obsession, and the limits of rationality. With his trademark prose--elegant, luminous, and hypnotic--Banville transforms myth into a haunting study of human fragility and the borders of reality.
