Description
A Montreal writer who can’t seem to write a word stumbles on a provocative idea—“I Am a Japanese Writer”—and discovers that a title can become a passport to fame. As his declaration turns him into an international celebrity, his writer’s block deepens while the world around him spirals into absurd cultural mimicry, media spectacle, and bureaucratic pursuit. Blending postmodern playfulness with a Kafkaesque sense of entrapment, the novel follows his increasingly surreal journey through identity, authorship, and the stories societies tell about art and legitimacy. With Dany Laferrière’s sharp wit and cosmopolitan sensibility, the book interrogates how we perform culture, how meaning is manufactured, and what it really means to “be” the writer we claim to be.
Available Editions
paperback
Douglas & McIntyre
Published Jan 1, 2011
182 pages
ISBN: 9781553655831
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Details
First Published
2010
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for I Am a Japanese Writer by Dany Laferrière.