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Donogoo Tonka Or the Miracles of Science
Jules Romains
其他書名
A Cinematographic Tale
出版Princeton Architectural Press, 2009-02-04
主題Architecture / GeneralArt / GeneralDesign / General
ISBN15689878039781568987804
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=niIrAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"The satirical plot concerns a famous geographer whose academic career is about to be derailed by the revelation that the South American city of Donogoo-Tonka, about which he has written, was nothing more than a fiction of his creation. Through a hilarious sequence of events, a suicidal young man finds a new mission in life by undertaking to found the fictional city, thereby redeeming the error and reputation of the professor. A clever and unscrupulous publicity campaign stirs interest in Donogoo-Tonka all over the globe and leads a wave of adventurers to the hinterlands of Brazil. Upon discovering that the city's existence is a hoax, the would be pioneers have nothing to do but actually build a city there. In an ironic turn of events, the city itself and the reputation of its "founders" flourish, raising provocative questions about scientific knowledge and historical causality."