Hilbig, Wolfgang
Old Rendering Plant
- ISBN 13:
- 9781931883672
- author:
- Hilbig, Wolfgang
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Two Lines Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 120
- Dimensions:
- 17.53 x 11.18 x 1.27 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Old Rendering Plant by Wolfgang Hilbig A haunting and hypnotic tale of identity, language, and history's darkest chapters, set against the backdrop of a butchery that has dumped biological waste into a river. A young boy becomes obsessed with an empty coal plant, believing it is tied to mysterious disappearances in the countryside. As he revisits this place as a young man, now turned into an abattoir, he realizes how much he has missed and the true nature of his memories. This suggestive and menacing tale refracts the lost innocence of youth through the heavy burdens of maturity, evoking historic horrors with a tone reminiscent of Poe and a syntax descended from Joyce. A gothic testament for the silenced and the speechless, Old Rendering Plant is a thought-provoking exploration of memory's mysteries and the power of language to shape our understanding of the world.
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