Alfred A. Knopf New York 1993

stan dobry plus

str. 335

format 14,5 x 22 cm

waga 640 g

Książka w języku angielskim/The book is in English

From Library Journal:
Abish's first novel since the acclaimed 1980 PEN/Faulkner Award-winning How German It Is is a complex, powerful depiction of the wealthy and intellectual in Mexico City and an exploration of the connection between fiction and history. The self-absorbed characters, both Mexican and American, pursue their obscure and shifting desires for material, sexual, and even gustatory pleasures against a backdrop of historical, literary, artistic, and cinematic references, somehow beyond reach of the crumbling Mexican infrastructure. Their disjointed conversations, misheard or deliberately misleading, take place in the fashionable cafes and expensive homes of Mexico City. Several plot lines advance at once; throughout, mistaken identities underscore the interchangeability of our love objects. The novel culminates in acts of incomprehensible, though not surprising, personal and political violence. Highly recommended.
- Eleanor Mitchell, Arizona State Univ. West, Phoenix, Az.