Melvill - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rodrigo Fresan, Will Vanderhyden (Translator)Publish date:2024-10-08Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open LetterISBN-13:9781960385161ISBN-10:196038516XUPC:9781960385161Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, HistoricalBook Topic:ArgentinaSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC955Z3EK6
Melvill
Winner of the 2018 Best Translated Book Award
A dying father in the grip of fever and delirium recounts his youth, his Grand Tour, the Venetian palaces populated by fascinating and evil figures, his ruin, and his most beautiful journey--the crossing on foot of the frozen Hudson River. His son, still a child, sits at the foot of the bed, attentively collecting these final, hallucinated words.
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A dying father in the grip of fever and delirium recounts his youth, his Grand Tour, the Venetian palaces populated by fascinating and evil figures, his ruin, and his most beautiful journey--the crossing on foot of the frozen Hudson River. His son, still a child, sits at the foot of the bed, attentively collecting these final, hallucinated words.
Could...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open LetterISBN-13:9781960385161ISBN-10:196038516XUPC:9781960385161Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, HistoricalBook Topic:ArgentinaSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC955Z3EK6
Rodrigo Fres?n is the author of eleven works of fiction, including Kensington Gardens, Mantra, The Invented Part, winner of the 2018 Best Translated Book Award, and its sequels, The Dreamed Part and The Remembered Part, and, most recently, Melvill. A self-professed "referential maniac," his works incorporate many elements from science fiction (Philip K. Dick in particular) alongside pop culture...
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