Adam Buenosayres A Novel

A modernist urban novel in the tradition of James Joyce, Adam Buenosayres is a tour-de-force that does for Buenos Aires what Carlos Fuentes did for Mexico City or Jose Lezama Lima did for Havana - chronicles a city teeming with life in all its forms. Employing a range of styles and a variety of voices, Leopoldo Marechal parodies and celebrates Argentina's most brilliant literary and artistic generation, the martinfierristas of the 1920s, among them Jorge Luis Borges. First published in 1948 during the polarizing reign of Juan Peron, the novel was hailed by Julio Cortazar as an extraordinary event in twentieth-century Argentine literature and praised by Spanish American boom novelists. Set over the course of three break-neck days, Adam Buenosayres follows the protagonist through an apparent metaphysical awakening. A battle for his soul fought by angels and demons, and a descent through a place resembling a comic version of Dante's hell. --back cover.

Year

2014

Language

English

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Editions

1

Pages

699

ISBN

9780773543096

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