| The Little Buddhist Monk & the Proof Contributor(s): Aira, César (Author), Caistor, Nick (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811221121 ISBN-13: 9780811221122 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Absurdist |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017000429 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 6.9" (0.35 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Little Buddhist Monk is a story of Asian invention gone wild, as a diminutive Korean Buddhist monk acts as a tour guide to an increasingly distraught French couple on a working vacation in the Far East. The Proof brings us quickly back to the West, where two punks, plus a new recruit ("Wannafuck?" is the opening line as the two punk lesbians accost the chubby and shy Marcia on a quiet street in Buenos Aires), take control of a local supermarket with dire consequences for the hostages. These two Aira works are as different as night and day. Nevertheless, sex, identity, and modern day economics figure deeply in both of these fast-paced, edgy fictions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aira, Cesar: - Nominated for a Neustadt award and the Man Booker International Prize, César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least one hundred books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.Caistor, Nick: - Nick Caistor is a translator, editor, and author. He has written a biography of Octavio Paz and has translated the works of José Saramago, Paulo Coelho, and Julián Ríos, among others. |