Three Novels By Cesar Aira

Author: Cesar Aira

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9780241202920
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • :
  • : 0.234
  • : May 2015
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • :
  • : August 2015
  • :
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • :
  • :
  • : Cesar Aira
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • :
  • :
  • : 863.7
  • :
  • :
  • : 336
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9780241202920
9780241202920

Description

In Ghosts, a group of immigrant workers and their families are squatting on the haunted construction site of a luxury condominium building. One teenage girl's interest in the ghosts on the site becomes so intense that her mother realizes her life is in the balance. An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter tells of a point in the life of German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas, when he visits Latin America to paint its spectacular landscapes. And in The Literary Conference, a young translator called Cesar Aira travels to a literary conference, intent on world domination...

Author description

Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. One of the most prolific writers in Argentina, Aira has published more than seventy books.