Five / César Aira ; translated by Chris Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aira, César, 1949- Author.

Contributor:

Andrews, Chris, 1962- translator.

Series:

New Directions paperbook ; 1668.

New Directions paperbook ; 1668

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Fathers and daughters.

Teenage girls--Fiction.

Teenage girls.

Exiles--Fiction.

Exiles.

First loves--Fiction.

First loves.

Genre:

novellas.

Fiction

Novellas

Fiction.

Novellas.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

xii, 367 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2026.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

"Five, selected from over 100 untranslated novels and stories by "the Duchamp of Latin America" (Natasha Wimmer), brings together - each an astonishing work - Margarita: A Memory, The Dream, Musical Brushstrokes, Princess Springtime, and The Hormone Pill. Following a cast of dreamlike characters including cyber nuns, a young princess forced to be a hack translator, a newspaper vendor, and General Winter and his sadistic sidekick, the Little Christmas Tree, Five shows the many facets of Aira's multifarious mind as he turns expectations inside-out and gleefully explodes genre conventions. Five is a must-have for Aira's legion of devoted fans around the world and a fine introduction to the as-yet uninitiated. A satisfyingly hefty installment from this "exquisite miniaturist" (WSJ) and writer whose "cubist eye sees from every angle" (NYT); because "once you start reading Aira, you don't want to stop" (Roberto Bolaño)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Jeff VanderMeer

Margarita (a memory)

The dream

The hormone pill

Musical brushstrokes

Princess Springtime.

ISBN:

9780811232364

0811232360

OCLC:

1583408883

Publisher Number:

90104844692