Perlmann's silence
By: Pascal Mercier ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 812
ISBN-13: 9781445859880; 9781445859897
Subjects: Widowers; Congresses and conventions; Plagiarism; Fiction
Description: In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts are gathering for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann is recently widowed and, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to complete his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of Leskov, a Russian colleague who cannot attend, and pass it off as his own. But when word reaches Perlmann that Leskov has arrived unexpectedly in Genoa, Perlmann must protect himself from explosure by constructing a maelstrom of lies and deceit, which will lead him to the brink of murder.
Notes: Standard print translated ed. originally published: London : Atlantic Books, 2011.

Translated from the German.