Clemens Setz, "Indigo"

[Thomas Eckhardt]

An acclaimed work by a young Austrian author, obviously influenced by 
Thomas Pynchon. The Dodo scene from GR is paraphrased in the book by one 
of the protagonists because it offers an "unsurpassably meaningful image 
of mankind."

"There they were, the silent egg and the crazy Dutchmen, and the hookgun 
that linked them forever, framed, brilliantly motionless as any 
Vermeer." is quoted verbatim in English. As it should be.

(I hope that Setz gets the quote right, because I am quoting from his 
book...)

"Indigo" is available in English.

Not a masterpiece, I think, but well worth reading.

Thomas
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