A Contrived World Visual Arts occupying Dodge’s apartment

occupying Dodge’s apartment

“(T)he talent has fully realised itself

and researches the cultural history of Russia and the Czech Republic

” (Gerard de Cortanze)

he must know all that has passed

A Contrived World Visual Arts occupying Dodge’s apartmentSet in San Francisco, A Contrived World recounts the authors visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experi ence, the narrators imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti novel, the ambiguous fusion