Five by Aira
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2026
New Directions Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-0-8112-3236-4 (ISBN)
New Directions Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-0-8112-3236-4 (ISBN)
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An offering of five unbelievably daring and masterful novellas from the unstoppable genius César Aira
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 news-paper 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 tostop” (Roberto Bolaño).
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 news-paper 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 tostop” (Roberto Bolaño).
César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize. The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work. Jeff VanderMeer is an American author, editor, and literary critic. The first volume of his Southern Reach series, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson awards, and was adapted into a movie by Paramount. The New Yorker dubbed him the "King of Weird Fiction."
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Jeffrey Vandermeer |
| Übersetzer | Chris Andrews |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8112-3236-0 / 0811232360 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8112-3236-4 / 9780811232364 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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