Autobiography of a Corpse

In Sigizmund Krzhizhanovskys 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 pianists right hand run away to spend a night alone on the city streets; and a mans 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.