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The Author is Dead: Long Live the Plagiarist
Christopher Nosnibor’s latest project tackles questions of authorship, plagiarism and the cult of personality head on.
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November 25, 2008 (FPRC) -- Underground author Christopher Nosnibor has been nothing if not prolific during the course of 2008. And his latest project may be the most theoretically complex and baffling yet, as his cut-up anti-novel, THE PLAGIARIST is made available as a signed limited edition.
His comparatively inauspicious debut, in the form of the collection of short stories, Bad Houses (2006) gave no hint of the explosion of works that would follow, or the divers forms they would take. With a plethora of short stories, poetry and essays appearing on line and in print, in publications ranging from Neonbeam via Geeek Magazine, Eviscerator Heaven, and Parasitic to, most recently, The Toronto Quarterly, his divergent approaches are connected by an unswerving opposition to convention.
Small wonder, then, that his anti-novel, THE PLAGIARIST (Clinicality Press) should contain no characters, no plot and be, by Nosnibor’s own assertion, without author or narrator. So why a signed edition?
‘It’s the eternal paradox: the death of the author comes at the price of the birth of the reader, and while I’m very careful to present myself as an anti author – you’ll not find pics of me gurning all over my my website or MySpace page – it’s unavoidable that the name of the author will become inextricably linked with the production of the texts published under my name,’ Christopher explains.
‘I wanted to challenge the whole cult of personality while also subverting the commodification of ‘art.’ By presenting a text that explodes the canon and the conventional notions of ‘literature’ and then signing a limited number of copies, I’m reasserting the same sentiments expressed by Marcel Duchamp with his readymades.’
Signed / numbered copies of THE PLAGIARIST are available now from http://clinicalitypress.co.uk
THE PLAGIARIST: synopsis.
A riot of experimentation and non-linear narrative, THE PLAGIARIST is an example of contemporary theory in practice, melding Bloom’s theories on influence to a series of unreliable or schizophrenic narrators against a backdrop created by Frederic Jameson. With a narrative fabricated from the effluvia of the now, which continues the work started by William Burroughs and developed by contemporaries like Kenji Siratori, this book demonstrates how postmodern society can cause the individual to lose themselves and the plot.
What the critics say...
THE PLAGIARIST is quite possibly the most extreme anti-novel in print... a very rewarding novel. Sometimes it is distinctly uncomfortable and unpleasant to read... But it is a book that could change your approach to reading, and a book that should make you more aware of the world around you, and hopefully less tolerant and accepting of the hell imposed on us all. – Pablo Vision
...you might expect something surreal and confusing, but THE PLAGIARIST goes far beyond the normal levels of weird – Neon Magazine
About the author
Christopher Nosnibor is a writing machine. His interests are diverse, as is his output, which spans fiction, literary criticism, poetry and general spouting. He is the author of Bad Houses, a collection of short stories, A Call for Submission, and co-author of C.N.N., a multimedia extravaganza produced in collaboration with Stuart Bateman.
He is an avid music fan and has more records than he can listen to. He is also a recluse, a fan of real ales and a 24/7 enigma.
Website: www.christophernosnibor.co.uk
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Keywords:
limited, experimental, fiction
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