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Exiled from Almost Everywhere (Spanish Literature Series)
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Description for Exiled from Almost Everywhere (Spanish Literature Series)
Paperback. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Series: Spanish Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
In "Exiled from Almost Everywhere," Juan Goytisolo's perverse mutant protagonist--the Parisian "Monster of Le Sentier"--is blown up by an extremist bomber and finds himself in the cyberspace of the Thereafter with an infinite collection of computer monitors. His curiosity piqued, he uses the screens at hand to explore the multiple ways war and terrorism are hyped in the Hereafter of his old life where he once happily cruised bathrooms and accosted children. Ricocheting from life to death and back again, meeting various colorful demagogues along the way--the imam "Alice," a pedophile Monsignor, and a Rastafarian rabbi--our "Monster" revisits seedy democracies ... Read more
In "Exiled from Almost Everywhere," Juan Goytisolo's perverse mutant protagonist--the Parisian "Monster of Le Sentier"--is blown up by an extremist bomber and finds himself in the cyberspace of the Thereafter with an infinite collection of computer monitors. His curiosity piqued, he uses the screens at hand to explore the multiple ways war and terrorism are hyped in the Hereafter of his old life where he once happily cruised bathrooms and accosted children. Ricocheting from life to death and back again, meeting various colorful demagogues along the way--the imam "Alice," a pedophile Monsignor, and a Rastafarian rabbi--our "Monster" revisits seedy democracies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Spanish Literature Series
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564786357
SKU
V9781564786357
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About Unknown
Ne a Barcelone, en 1931, intellectuel engage, oppose au franquisme, Juan Goytisolo s'est tres tot exile a Paris. Aujourd'hui installe a Marrakech, il est devenu un critique implacable de la civilisation occidentale. Auteur d'une quinzaine de romans et de nombreux essais, il a recu, en 1985, le prix Europalia pour l'ensemble de son uvre, en 2002 le prix Octavio Paz, ... Read more
Reviews for Exiled from Almost Everywhere (Spanish Literature Series)
"...playfully innovative and wickedly subversive..." Booklist, "Undoubtedly the greatest living Spanish novelist." Carlos Fuentes, "His works - short, violent and frightening - are like pages torn out of the book of experience." Helen Cantarella, New York Times Book Review, "Juan Goytisolo is the best living Spanish novelist." Times Literary Supplement.