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A cult masterpiece. The author has been compared to Joyce and Proust.--Enrique Vila-Matas
Grips and perturbs the reader simultaneously.
A great novel.--Alejandro Zambra
A sublime explosion that results from an unpredictable art.
An Argentinian masterpiece.
A provocative, meticulous novel that's both utterly repulsive and morbidly fascinating.
An emotionally (and physically) harrowing account of isolation, violence, and hypocrisy.--Tobias Carroll
A marvel.--Will Noah (04/20/2018)
Elegant prose.--The Desert and Its Seed (04/24/2018)
The Desert and Its Seed chronicles the aftermath of an attack identical to the one that Baron Biza's father perpetrated against his mother. Baron Biza maintains [a] mixture of unflinching scrutiny and cool lyricism through the novel. It feels strikingly of the moment, as a resurgent feminist movement draws attention to the wide scope of misogyny.--Alejandro Chacoff
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The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia’s face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia’s face, but his own fingers burn.What follows is a fruitless attempt to reconstruct Eligia’s face—first in Buenos Aires, thereafter in Milan. Mario, the narrator, becomes the shadow and witness of the reconstruction attempts to repair his mother’s outraged flesh. In this role, he must confront his own terrible existence and identity, both of which are bound to an Argentina he sees disintegrating around him.Based on a true, tragic family story, Jorge Barón Biza’s The Desert and Its Seed was rejected by publishers in Buenos Aires and was finally self-published in 1998, three years before the author committed suicide. Written in a captivating plain style with dark, bitter humor, The Desert and Its Seed has become a modern classic, published to enormous acclaim throughout the Spanish-speaking world and translated into many languages.
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- VerlagNew Directions Publishing Corporation
- Erscheinungsdatum2018
- ISBN 10 0811225801
- ISBN 13 9780811225809
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten448
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligias face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligias face, but his own fingers burn. What follows is a fruitless attempt to reconstruct Eligias facefirst in Buenos Aires, thereafter in Milan. Mario, the narrator, becomes the shadow and witness of the reconstruction attempts to repair his mothers outraged flesh. In this role, he must confront his own terrible existence and identity, both of which are bound to an Argentina he sees disintegrating around him. Based on a true, tragic family story, Jorge Baron Bizas The Desert and Its Seed was rejected by publishers in Buenos Aires and was finally self-published in 1998, three years before the author committed suicide. Written in a captivating plain style with dark, bitter humor, The Desert and Its Seed has become a modern classic, published to enormous acclaim throughout the Spanish-speaking world and translated into many languages. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR013707556
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