Absent City

Name: Absent City
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ISBN: 9780822325864

ISBN-10: 0822325861

ISBN-13: 9780822325864

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Waisman

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Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, The Absent City takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on the transition to democracy after the end of such regimes, and on the power of language to create and define reality. Ricardo Piglia combines his trademark avant-garde aesthetics with astute cultural and political insights into Argentina's history and contemporary condition in this conceptually daring and entertaining work.The novel follows Junior, a reporter for a daily Buenos Aires newspaper, as he attempts to locate a secret machine that contains the mind and the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.30" wide x 9.20" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English