Description
About the Author
CESAR AIRA was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarme), and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. Perhaps one of the most prolific writers in Argentina, and certainly one of the most talked about in Latin America, Aira has published more than 100 books to date in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Spain, which have been translated for France, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Romania, Russia, and the United States. One novel, La prueba, has been made into a feature film, and How I Became a Nun was chosen as one of Argentina's ten best books. Besides essays and novels Aira writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El Pais. In addition to winning the 2021 Formentor Prize, he has received a Guggenheim scholarship, and was shortlisted for the Romulo Gallegos prize and the Booker International Prize. The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work. Author of 2666 and many other acclaimed works, Roberto Bolano (1953-2003) was born in Santiago, Chile, and later lived in Mexico, Paris, and Spain. He has been acclaimed "by far the most exciting writer to come from south of the Rio Grande in a long time" (Ilan Stavans, The Los Angeles Times)," and as "the real thing and the rarest" (Susan Sontag). Among his many prizes are the extremely prestigious Herralde de Novela Award and the Premio Romulo Gallegos. He was widely considered to be the greatest Latin American writer of his generation. He wrote nine novels, two story collections, and five books of poetry, before dying in July 2003 at the age of 50.
Reviews
"May it herald many more such unsettling and elegant parables to come." -- Mark Doty - Los Angeles Times
"Aira oversteps the bounds of realism, forcing the world to live up to his imagination." -- Benjamin Lytal - New York Sun
"I'm about to reread Cesar Aira's An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter once again. The book's mere 87 pages are so multi faceted and transporting and I get so absorbed that upon finishing I don't remember anything. Like having a complex cinematic dream that dissipates upon awakening." -- Patti Smith - New York Times Book Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780811216302
Author Cesar Aira
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
Weight(grams) 107g
Dimensions(mm) 180mm * 127mm * 8mm