Memory theatre

Simon Critchley

Original title: Memory Theater

Translated by Uwe Hebekus earliest edition we have, 2014 Diaphanes, 2019 paperback 88 pages

Diaphanes Forward Fiction

"A French philosopher dies during a savage summer heat wave. Boxes carrying his unpublished papers mysteriously appear in Simon Critchley's office. Rooting through them, Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eve...

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Editions we hold

Gedächtnistheater paperback · 2019 · Diaphanes · 88 pages · 9783037346266
EL TEATRO DE LA MEMORIA paperback · 2016 · Ediciones Alpha Decay, S.A. · 96 pages · 9788494511363
Bellek Tiyatrosu paperback · 2015 · Metis Yay?nc?l?k · 80 pages · 9786053160090
Memory theater edition · 2015 · 101 pages · 9781590517406
Memory theatre edition · 2014 · Fitzcarraldo Editions · 68 pages · 9780992974718

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