| Conversations Contributor(s): Aira, César (Author), Silver, Katherine (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811221105 ISBN-13: 9780811221108 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 863.64 |
| LCCN: 2014003892 |
| Series: New Directions Paperbook |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 4.52" W x 7.43" (0.23 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daily conversations in outdoor cafés with cultured friends can help make reality a little more real. Unfortunately, however, during one such conversation, one man spots a gold Rolex watch on a TV soap opera's goatherd. This seemingly small absurdity sets off alarms: strange sensations of deception, distress, and incipient madness. The two men's uneasiness soon becomes a nightmare as the TV adventure advances with a real-life plot -- involving a mutant strain of killer algae -- to take over the world! The Conversations, a reality within a fiction within a parallel reality, is hilariously funny and surprisingly touching. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aira, Cesar: - 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 was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.Silver, Katherine: - KATHERINE SILVER is an award-winning liter- ary translator and the codirector of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC). Her translations include works by Ce´sar Aira, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Jose´ Emilio Pacheco, Elena Poniatowska, Jorge Franco, and Marti´n Ada´n, among others. |