State of Siege

Name: State of Siege
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ISBN: 9780872864061

ISBN-10: 0872864065

ISBN-13: 9780872864061

Edition: 2002

Authors: Juan. Goytisolo, Helen Lane

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A traveler looks out his hotel window on a war-torn city. A mortar explodes in his room and, when the police arrive, the corpse has disappeared and only a notebook of apocryphal writings and poems is found. These enigmas lead into a labyrinth, where blind and barbarous forces lay siege to individual lives and diverse cultures. "State of Siege is a novel of pure fiction, but infinitely more powerful than all the big speeches about Bosnia."-Le Nouvel Observateur "A passionate dialogue with the reader, a reflection on privacy and commitment [engagement], with the steady vigilant presence of a great literary voice."-Le Monde "The reader is thrown into the unreality of a besieged city, as if…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.50" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.396

Born in 1931, Juan Goytisolo has lived a life of political and cultural exile. A bitter opponent of the Franco regime, his early novels, including Marks of Identity, were banned in Spain. Since leaving Spain, he has lived mostly in France and Morocco. He is the author of a number of novels, many of which, including The Young Assassins, Count Julian, Juan the Landless, Makbara, The Marx Family Saga, and Quarantine, have been translated into English.