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| $15.50 CDN 154 pp. ISBN 978-1-926617-07-7 |
Description: Literary Fiction, Metaphysical, Fantastic
The Körn Society, based in southern Switzerland, sets itself to the task of building a
Meeting Place for its members—a vast number of people who come from all over the
world. An architect must be found. An architect: in the form of one Alexius
Nachtman—an extreme eccentric, a visionary.
Building begins on the top of a high mountain. The adventure is one of marble and
mortar, of machines and workmen, cult and manipulation, as a standard building
project turns into one of Biblical proportion involving a series of characters who
unknowingly hint at the dangers of both religion and the modern age.
Review quotes:
He has turned his attention to fiction, with a style somewhere between Angela
Carter and Michael Blumlein, informed by an acute knowledge of the Decadent
Movement.
____~ Jeff Vandermeer (Infinity Plus)
When they get around to mapping the literary sky of the 21st century, I'm betting that Brendan
Connell's star will shine very brightly, indeed...
____~ Lucius Shepherd
…a gleefully subversive modern gothic.
____~ Publishers Weekly
The Körn Society, based in southern Switzerland, sets itself to the task of building a
Meeting Place for its members—a vast number of people who come from all over the
world. An architect must be found. An architect: in the form of one Alexius
Nachtman—an extreme eccentric, a visionary.
Building begins on the top of a high mountain. The adventure is one of marble and
mortar, of machines and workmen, cult and manipulation, as a standard building
project turns into one of Biblical proportion involving a series of characters who
unknowingly hint at the dangers of both religion and the modern age.
Review quotes:
He has turned his attention to fiction, with a style somewhere between Angela
Carter and Michael Blumlein, informed by an acute knowledge of the Decadent
Movement.
____~ Jeff Vandermeer (Infinity Plus)
When they get around to mapping the literary sky of the 21st century, I'm betting that Brendan
Connell's star will shine very brightly, indeed...
____~ Lucius Shepherd
…a gleefully subversive modern gothic.
____~ Publishers Weekly