Disorder : a fable
Kaplan, Leslie2021
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In this brilliant and hilarious political novella, Leslie Kaplan imagines a series of unconnected crimes occurring throughout France. In each, a subordinate kills someone in a superior position over them - typically with an object used in their work, be it wiring in an auto shop, a huge sack of coffee, or a blackboard eraser. While these acts (no explanation is ever given by the criminals) clearly have a class-related character, the media and public figures are loathe to admit that class struggle still exists. Their denial of reality creates another thread in this joyful, dark satire: the fumbling of experts who mobilise theory after theory in order to analyse what is happening without admitting that the events could have any political content.
Main title:
Disorder : a fable / Leslie Kaplan ; translated by Jennifer Pap.
Author:
Kaplan, Leslie, authorPap, Jennifer, translator
Imprint:
Edinburgh : AK Press, 2021.
Collation:
54 pages ; 17 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781849353939 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
843.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2525479
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