The Seamstress and the Wind
As he runs wildly amok, Aira captures childhood's treasures — the reality of the fable and the delirium of invention — in this hilariously funny book.The Seamstress and the Wind is a deliciously laugh-out-loud-funny novel. A seamstress who is sewing a wedding dress for the pregnant local art teacher fears that her son, while playing in a big semitruck, has been accidentally kidnapped and driven off to Patagonia. Completely unhinged, she calls a local taxi to follow the semi in hot pursuit. When her husband finds out what's happened, he takes off after wife and child. They race not only to the end of the world, but to adventures in desire — wh…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Knecht, Rosalie (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-1934-1
- EAN: 9780811219341
- Produktnummer: 34246254
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 373 KB
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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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