![]() ![]() Hello Select your address Books Hello, Sign in. It seems that the first dozen pieces at the beginning introducing Meckel's nonsense prepares us for, and excuse the biblical reference here, the brilliant resurrection to come. The Figure on the Boundary Li ne : S ele cted Prose: 9780099414506: Books - Amazon.ca. But the beginning pieces are enough to scare some readers away, readers who have little enough faith in a reviewer such as myself who promises the glory at the end of the road. The quality of Meckel's writing is amazing. The Figure on the Boundary Line: Selected Prose. ![]() Very good indeed in very good indeed lightly used dust jacket. Comments here on comparing Meckel to Walser and others like him are accurate. : The Figure on the Boundary Line: Selected Prose.: First edition. ![]() There is no weakness in the last half of the book at all. But after moving on past the novella, Tullipan, the work gets rumbling on a new fast-speed track and the work becomes itself something remarkable and magnificent. Nonsense abounds as does a silliness sometimes a little disconcerting. The first half of the book and through the novella, Tullipan, could have been written by a fellow in the throes of a horrendously engaging acid trip. ![]()
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