The literary conference
by Aira, César
Cesar is a translator who's fallen on very hard times due to the global economic downturn; he is also an author, and a mad scientist hell-bent on world domination. On a visit to the beach he intuitively solves an ancient riddle, finds a pirate's treasure, and becomes a very wealthy man. Even so, Cesar's bid for world domination comes first and so he attends a literary conference to be near the man whose clone he hopes will lead an army to victory: the world-renowned Mexican author, Carlos Fuent…
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- Full title :The literary conference / César Aira ; translated by Katherine Silver.
Summary
Cesar is a translator who's fallen on very hard times due to the global economic downturn; he is also an author, and a mad scientist hell-bent on world domination. On a visit to the beach he intuitively solves an ancient riddle, finds a pirate's treasure, and becomes a very wealthy man. Even so, Cesar's bid for world domination comes first and so he attends a literary conference to be near the man whose clone he hopes will lead an army to victory: the world-renowned Mexican author, Carlos Fuentes. A comic science fiction fantasy.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Directions Pub
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
Notes
"Originally published by Ediciones ERA, Argentina, as El congreso de literatura in 2006"--Title page verso.
"First published as a Pearl (NDP1173) by New Directions in 2010"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:90 pages ; : 18 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780811218788, 0811218783
- oclc:ocn463307600
- LC Classification:PQ7798.1.I7
- Dewey Decimal:863/.64
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Macuto line -- Part 2: The conference.
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