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001 2427640
005 20220616043120.0
008 990518s2000 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 99032035
020 $a0374221790 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm41488662
035 $9APX2301CU
035 $a2427640
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dJTE$dC#P$dDPL$dCLE$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3552.A7685$bT4 2000
082 00 $a813/.54$221
100 1 $aBarton, Emily,$d1969-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99037686
245 14 $aThe testament of Yves Gundron /$cEmily Barton.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2000.
300 $avii, 305 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Here is Yves Gundron's account of the strange events to befall Mandragora. It is a desperate, primitive place - plowing, candles, even numbers larger than twenty are all considered modern innovations. Nevertheless, there was little conflict before Yves's invention - the harness - irrevocably transformed the Mandragorans' lives.".
520 8 $a"Yves's manuscript, which bears witness to these changes, has been prepared for publication by an academic named Ruth Blum - her notations supplement Yves's story. But what at first seems a historical document proves to be something else entirely.
520 8 $aYves's brother, Mandrik le Chouchou, the town mystic, regales his fellow villagers with exotic tales of his travels to "Indo-China." And when Yves recalls the words of a song that is recognizably a blues lyric, we know that either Ruth Blum is up to something or Mandragora is not what it seems. In this sharply witty and adventurous debut novel, Emily Barton explores the two-edged sword of technology, asking what is lost in our fervent pursuit of modernity."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTechnology and civilization$vFiction.
650 0 $aProgress$vFiction.
655 0 $aSatire.
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3552.A7685$iT4 2000