The Lamentations of Zeno: A Novel

The Lamentations of Zeno: A Novel

A literary fiction about climate disaster and a scientist imploding on a journey to the Antarctic

Zeno Hintermeier is a scientist working as a travel guide on an Antarctic cruise ship, encouraging the wealthy to marvel at the least explored continent and to open their eyes to its rapid degradation. It is a troubling turn in the life of an idealistic glaciologist. Now in his early sixties, Zeno bewails the loss of his beloved glaciers, the disintegration of his marriage, and the foundering of his increasingly irrelevant career. Troubled in conscience and goaded by the smug complacency of the passengers in his charge, he starts to plan a desperate gesture that will send a wake-up call to an overheating world.

The Lamentations of Zeno is an extraordinary evocation of the fragile and majestic wonders to be found at a far corner of the globe, written by a novelist who is a renowned travel writer. Poignant and playful, the novel recalls the experimentation of high-modernist fiction without compromising a limpid sense of place or the pace of its narrative. It is a portrait of a man in extremis, a haunting and at times irreverent tale that approaches the greatest challenge of our ageâ€”perhaps of our entire history as a speciesâ€”from an impassioned human angle.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781784782191
Color White
ReleaseDate 2016-05-03
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781784782191

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781784782191
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781784782191

The Lamentations of Zeno: A Novel

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