FLATS

by Rudolph Wurlitzer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 10, 1970

Another experiment, further avant and paranoically guarded, by the author of Nog (1968). In this one his focus has shifted firmly to the novel-as-process--fiction forever aware of itself as fiction, in which the author, slipping hesitantly between first and third persons, deliberating possibilities, is the only character of any real significance. Several figures, men named for towns, materialize in an expectant wasteland landscape and are maneuvered through pointless constellations, according to the author's curiosity or distaste, for the choicest possible filling of pages. We could go on about selfreflexiveness and the lamination of ""realities"" but that can safely be trusted to upbeat academics, whose theories may be stimulated. It will suffice to say that Plats is hermetically sealed and approaches laboratory standards of sterility.

Pub Date: Sept. 10, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION