FAME
Author: Kehlmann, Daniel
Translator: Janeway, Carol Brown

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Pantheon
Pages: 192
Price ( Hardback ): $24.00
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-0-307-37871-2
Category: Fiction

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From German author Kehlmann (Me and Kaminski, 2008, etc.), nine interconnected stories that cleverly explore the seductive nature of fame—and fiction’s role in creating it.

Notoriety as both a blessing and (more often) a curse is the thread holding together ...

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