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Asterios Polyp

David Mazzucchelli

323 pages

About this book

Asterios Polyp, its arrogant, prickly protagonist, is an award-winning architect who's never built an actual building, and a pedant in the midst of a spiritual crisis. After the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new.

Themes
Philosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingWho Am I?Spiritually ChargedFunny & SatiricalThe fragility of intellectual arroganceRebuilding life after collapseThe illusion of perfect order
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