Varamo
Unmistakably the work of César Aira, Varamo is about the day in the life of a hapless government employee who, after wandering around all night after being paid by the Ministry in counterfeit money, eventually writes the most celebrated masterwork of modern Central American poetry, The Song of the Virgin Boy. What is odd is that, at fifty years old, Varamo hadn't previously written one sole verse, nor had it ever occurred to him to write one.Among other things, this novella is an ironic allegory of the poet's vocation and inspiration, the subtlety of artistic genius, and our need to give literature an historic, national, psychological, and ae…
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Weitere Autoren: Andrews, Chris (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-1741-5
- EAN: 9780811217415
- Produktnummer: 11242297
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 89 S.
- Masse: H17.3 cm x B12.4 cm x D0.8 cm 91 g
- Gewicht: 91
Über den Autor
Nominated for a Neustadt award and the Man Booker International Prize, César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least one hundred books and recently created a limited edition, Valise, for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.
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