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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 1994
The Mass celebrated for the repose of the souls of the dead presents an apt title for this novel by Italian author Tabucchi (The Edge of the Horizon, New Directions, 1990). The book is set in Portugal, where an unnamed narrator awaits a midnight appointment with a dead poet. In the heat of a July day the narrator wanders, killing time and encountering many people-some living, some dead-with whom he spends time wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More