Smith, Alexander McCall
The 21/2 Pillars of Wisdom
- ISBN 13:
- 9780349118505
- author:
- Smith, Alexander McCall
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Abacus
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom by Alexander McCall Smith is a humorous tale about Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the Institute of Romance Philology. Their world is one of absurdity, where the cultivated and the ridiculous coexist in equal measure. In this collection of three instalments - Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances - von Igelfeld's sublime insouciance is on full display. With his colleagues Professors Florianus Prinzel and Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer, he navigates a world that is both rarefied and ridiculous. This book offers a deliciously funny exploration of the human condition, with all its absurdities and contradictions.
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