Stefan Themerson
Stefan Themerson (1910-1988) was born in Poland, moved to Russia during the Revolution, studied physics and architecture in Warsaw, and lived in Paris before settling in London. Aside from his writings—which include novels such as The Mystery of the Sardine and Professor Mmaa's Lecture, children's stories, philosophical essays, and poems—Themerson also composed music and made a number of films with his wife Franciszka.
The Mystery of the Sardine
When an unknown black poodle inexplicably explodes in philosophy professor Timothy Chesterton-Brown's back yard—paralyzing the professor and killing his guest—the "mystery of the sardine" begins. Its solution will involve such unwitting...
Hobson's Island
Hobson's Island (so called because Mr. Hobson bought it, or did Mr. Hobson buy it because it was so called?) enjoyed decades of isolation in the Atlantic Ocean. For years, the caretakers lived there peacefully, with only a cow for company and an...
Tom Harris
At times in his life, Tom Harris is a dull schoolboy, an apprentice barber, a delinquent husband, an old man with a monkey who drinks at the Green Man Pub, "il professore Harris" at the University of Genoa, and possibly a murderer. But the question of...
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Context N°16
- Reading Stefan Themerson
- Reading Jean Echenoz
- Reading Danielle Collobert
- Letter from Peru: Pathways of the New Peruvian Narrative
- Letter from Russia: Contemporary Émigré Writing