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Item Details
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THREE NOVELS BY CESAR AIRA
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| By: |
Cesar Aira |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0241202922 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780241202920 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
7 May, 2015 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Translated from: |
Spanish |
| Description: |
Offers a collection of three novels. In Ghosts, tells about a group of immigrant workers and their families who are squatting on the haunted construction site. An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter tells the story of German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas, and in The Literary Conference, tells about a translator called Cesar Aira. |
| Synopsis: |
In Ghosts, a group of immigrant workers and their families are squatting on the haunted construction site of a luxury condominium building. One teenage girl's interest in the ghosts on the site becomes so intense that her mother realizes her life is in the balance. An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter tells of a point in the life of German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas, when he visits Latin America to paint its spectacular landscapes. And in The Literary Conference, a young translator called Cesar Aira travels to a literary conference, intent on world domination . . . |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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