Itrsquo;s October 1944. During a brief respite from the aerial bombardment of London; Sebastian Wigrum absconds from his small flat and disappears into the fog for a walk in the Unreal City. This is our first and only encounter with the enigmatic man we come to discover decades later through more than one hundred everyday objects he has left behind. Wigrumrsquo;s bequest is a meticulously catalogued collection of the profoundly ordinary: a camera; some loose teeth; candies and keys; soap; bits of string; hazelnuts; and a handkerchief. Moving through the inventory artifact to artifact; story to story; we become immersed in a dreamlike narrative bricolage determined as much by the objectsrsquo; museological presentation as by the tender and idiosyncratic mania of Wigrumrsquo;s impulse to collect them.With its traces of Jorge Luis Borges; Italo Calvino; and Georges Perec; Daniel Cantyrsquo;s graphically arresting Wigrum explores the limits of the postmodern novel. Having absorbed the logic of lists and the principles of classification systems; the Wigrumian narrative teeters on the boundary between fact and fiction; on the uncertain edge of the real and the unreal.Readers venturing into Sebastian Wigrumrsquo;s cabinet of curiosities must abide only the following maxim: If I can believe all the stories I am told; so can you.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Its no volume IV; but its volume VBy David JonNot my favorite in the "Real Book" series; but still a worthwhile addition. I have this version on my Kindle; so I can use any of my tablets on the keyboard to play from.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Another Gem!By Fine KnotsI play these tunes on the piano and this volume is filled with some great numbers! Ive not been disappointed with any of these collections yet. I have all 5 volumes. I like playing from them because it allows plenty of room for the musician to improvise.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. SuperbBy Frank PThis and the other 4 volumes (I bought them all) add up to an absolutely superb collection of popular standards. So far I have found all I tried.