Autobiography of a Corpse

In Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's strange and darkly comedic philosophical fables which are rife with interwoven narratives and bizarre paradoxes the stakes are absurdly high. A provincial journalist who relocates to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography of the previous roommate; the fingers of a renowned pianist's right hand run away to spend a night alone on the city streets; and a man's lifelong quest to bite his own elbow inspires both a hugely popular circus act and a new refutation of Kant among other dazzling ideas from Krzhizhanovsky. Throughout the pages of Autobiography of a Corpse ordinary reality bursts open in front of our eyes letting the remarkable out.Contents:Autobiography of a corpse --In the pupil --Seams --The collector of cracks --The land of nots --The runaway fingers --The unbitten elbow --Yellow coal --Bridge over the Styx --Thirty pieces of silver --Postmark: Moscow.