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Postmortem for a postmodernist /
You are invited to join the dectective Solomon Hunter in his hunt for knowledge and a killer. Ettore Gnocchi, the famed postmodern theorist, has been murdered at his own dinner party. To find out who killed Gnocchi, Hunter must first explore postmodernism itself.
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Walnut Creek :
AltaMira Press,
c1997.
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| 020 | |a 0761989102 (alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 0761989110 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Berger, Arthur Asa, |d 1933- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Postmortem for a postmodernist / |c Arthur Asa Berger. |h English |
| 260 | |a Walnut Creek : |b AltaMira Press, |c c1997. | ||
| 300 | |a 176 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Ettore Gnocchi, the famed postmodern theorist, has been murdered at his own dinner party. To find out who killed Gnocchi, the detective Solomon Hunter must first explore postmodernism itself. What is it? Who are Baudrillard, Foucault, and Habermas, and what do they think? Why does any of this matter, anyway? | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-169) and index. | ||
| 505 | |a When the lights went on again-- My god- What happened?-- Shoshana TelAviv was the first person-- Alain fess couldn't sit still for a second-- How can i help you? asked Slavomir propp-- Myra prail looked terrible-- If basil constant was gay-- The porcelain doll, Miyako fuji-- After Miyako fuji left-- Hunter pulled out a number of letters-- The second letter ettore sent was to jean baudrillard-- The third letter was to jurgen habermas-- The fourth letter was to Fredric jameson-- What a funny guy this gnocchi was-- Hunter slipped the video out of its box-- Shoshana Telaviv Couldn't fall asleep-- As was this custom, Alain fesswrote in this journal-- When she got home, Myra prail made an emergency call-- Miyako fuji poured herself a beer-- Slavomir propp was bored-- Who was responsible for the death of Ettore Gnocchi-- The next day basil constant started a new novel-- Select bibliography-- Index-- About the author | ||
| 520 | |a You are invited to join the dectective Solomon Hunter in his hunt for knowledge and a killer. Ettore Gnocchi, the famed postmodern theorist, has been murdered at his own dinner party. To find out who killed Gnocchi, Hunter must first explore postmodernism itself. | ||
| 650 | |2 Fiction |v Murder -- Investigation |x Postmodernism | ||
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