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Author:
Aira, César, 1949- author.
Title:
The divorce / César Aira ; translated by Chris Andrews ; with an introduction by Patti Smith.
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
viii, 98 pages ; 18 cm.
Subject:
Divorced men--Buenos Aires--Buenos Aires--Fiction.
Vacations--Fiction.
Coincidence--Fiction.
Novels.
Other Authors:
Andrews, Chris, 1962- translator.
Smith, Patti, writer of introduction.
Other Titles:
Divorcio. English
Notes:
"Originally published by Editorial Mansalfa, Buenos Aires, as El Divorcio in 2010"--Title page verso. Translated from the Spanish.
Summary:
"The Divorce tells about a recently divorced man on vacation in Buenos Aires. One afternoon he encounters a series of the most magical coincidences. While sitting at an outdoor café, absorbed in conversation with a talented video artist, he sees a young man riding by on a bicycle get thoroughly drenched by a downpour of water-seemingly from rain caught the night before in the overhead awning. The video artist knows the cyclist, who knew a mad hermetic sculptor whose family used to take the Hindu God Krishna for walks in the neighborhood. As the coincidences continue to add up, the stories concerning each new connection weave reality with the absurd until they reach a final, brilliant, cataclysmic ending"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
New Directions paperbook ; NDP1501
ISBN:
0811230937
9780811230933
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1201300861
LCCN:
2021001819
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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