César Aira
3) Varamo
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Varamo concerns a day in the life of a hapless government employee. After being paid by the ministry in counterfeit money, our unfortunate bureaucrat, Varamo, wanders around all night, then sits down and writes the most celebrated masterwork of modern Central American poetry, The Song of the Virgin Boy. What is odd is that Varamo, at fifty years old, 'hadn't previously written one sole verse, nor had it ever occurred to him to write one.'"--P. [4]...
7) Birthday
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Birthday is among the very best of Aira—it will surprise readers new to his work, and will deeply satisfy his many fans
Before you know it you are no longer young, and by the way, while you were thinking about other things, the world was changing—and then, just as suddenly you realize that you are fifty years old. Aira had anticipated his fiftieth—a time when he would not so much recall years past as look...Search Tools Get RSS Feed Email this Search