CoDex 1962 / Sjon; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.
By: Sjon
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxDate of publication: 2019Description: 517 pages: 21 cm.ISBN: 9781250238122.Subject(s): Fathers and sons -- Fiction | Jews -- Fiction | Geneticists -- Fiction | Germany -- Fiction | Iceland -- FictionDDC classification: F Sj625 2019 COD Summary: Josef Loewe was born in 1962, the same year - the same moment even - as Sjon, the author of this epic three-part trilogy.
His story begins with Leo Loewe - a Jewish fugitive during World War II who has an affair with a maid in a German inn; together, they form a baby from a piece of clay. In part two, Loewe arrives in Iceland with the clay-baby inside a hatbox, only to become embroiled in a heinous crime - and by the end, his clay son has come to life.
Fast forward to present-day Reykjavik, when Josef crosses paths with the outlandish CEO of a biotech company who brings the story of genetics and genesis full circle. A love story, a murder mystery, and a groundbreaking work of science fiction, CoDex 1962 is a singular masterpiece from one of the world's most interesting writers.
(From the back cover)
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Josef Loewe was born in 1962, the same year - the same moment even - as Sjon, the author of this epic three-part trilogy.
His story begins with Leo Loewe - a Jewish fugitive during World War II who has an affair with a maid in a German inn; together, they form a baby from a piece of clay. In part two, Loewe arrives in Iceland with the clay-baby inside a hatbox, only to become embroiled in a heinous crime - and by the end, his clay son has come to life.
Fast forward to present-day Reykjavik, when Josef crosses paths with the outlandish CEO of a biotech company who brings the story of genetics and genesis full circle. A love story, a murder mystery, and a groundbreaking work of science fiction, CoDex 1962 is a singular masterpiece from one of the world's most interesting writers.
(From the back cover)
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