The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira
Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.César Aira's newest novel in English is not about a conventional doctor. Single,in his forties, and poor, Dr. Aira is a skeptic. His personality — his weaknesses,whims, and pet peeves — is summed up in a series of digressions and regressions but he has a very special gift for miracles. He no longer cares about miracles,however, and has no faith in them. Perhaps he is even a little ashamed about his supernatural powers. Such is Dr. Aira, who also has to confront his arch-enemy— chief of the Pinero Hospital, Dr. Actyn…
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Weitere Autoren: Silver, Katherine
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-2000-2
- EAN: 9780811220002
- Produktnummer: 34246754
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 88 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 303 KB
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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