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The Event (Masks) [Paperback]

Juan Jos� Saer (Author)

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Series: Masks | Publication Date: September 1, 1995

Blanco the magician is famous throughout Europe for his telepathic powers. Undermined by a conspiracy and exposed to the world as a charlatan, Blanco is forced to flee to Argentina, where he takes up with the voluptuous Gina. This book received Spain's Nadal Prize for fiction in 1988.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About the Author

Born in Santa Fé, Argentina in 1937, Juan José Saer is the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. In 1968, he moved to Paris and taught literature at the university in Rennes, Brittany. In 1998, Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize. His work is translated into all major languages. He died in 2005.

Product Details

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Serpent's Tail (September 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1852422491
ISBN-13: 978-1852422493
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,855,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Born in Santa Fé, Argentina in 1937, Juan José Saer is the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. In 1968, he moved to Paris and taught literature at the university in Rennes, Brittany. In 1988, Juan José Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize for The Event. His work is translated into all major languages. Saer died in July 2005.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oligarchic vs. immigrant Argentina in the 19th century, August 18, 1996

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THE EVENT is a first-rate ironic, even sarcastic treatment of the meeting of the two Argentinas in the second half of the 19th century, the "transparent" Argentina of the oligarchs and the "opaque" modern nation made up of European immigrants, such as the protagonist of Saer's novel. The book is a rare rendition of historical misunderstanding by one of the great Latin American narrators of our time, one who remains to be discovered in the English-speaking world

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