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The Translation of Dr. Apelles (Vintage Contemporaries)
David Treuer

The Translation of Dr. Apelles (Vintage Contemporaries)

a love story

Vintage (Feb 12, 2008)
9780307386625
| Trade Paperback
336 pages | 130 x 198 mm | English
Dewey 813.54
LC Classification PS3570.R435 .T73 2008

Genre

  • General Fiction

Subject

  • Archives
  • Indians Of North America
  • Indians Of North America/ Fiction
  • Translators
  • Translators/ Fiction

Plot

Dr. Apelles, a translator of ancient texts, has made an unsettling discovery: a manuscript that has languished for years, written in a language that only he speaks. Moving back and forth between the scholar and his text, from a lone man in a labyrinthine archive to a pair of beautiful young Indian lovers in an unspoiled and snowy woodland, David Treuer weaves together two love stories. Enthralling and suspenseful, The Translation of Dr. Apelles dares to redefine the Native American novel.