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Adam Buenosayres / a novel by Leopoldo Marechal ; translated by Norman Cheadle with the help of Sheila Ethier ; introduction and notes by Norman Cheadle

Author
Marechal, Leopoldo, 1900-1970
Uniform Title
Adán Buenosayres. English
Published
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Additional Creators
Cheadle, Norman, 1953- and Ethier, Sheila (Translator)
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Contents
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Illustrations; Adam Buenosayres; Indispensable Prologue; BOOK ONE; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; BOOK TWO; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; BOOK THREE; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; BOOK FOUR; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; BOOK FIVE; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; BOOK SIX: ("The Blue-Bound Notebook"); BOOK SEVEN: (Journey to the Dark City of Cacodelphia); Glossary; B; C; D; F; G; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; Y; Z; Notes; Bibliography.
Summary
A modernist urban novel in the tradition of James Joyce, Adam Buenosayres is a tour-de-force that does for Buenos Aires what Carlos Fuentes did for Mexico City or Jose Lezama Lima did for Havana - chronicles a city teeming with life in all its forms. Employing a range of styles and a variety of voices, Leopoldo Marechal parodies and celebrates Argentina's most brilliant literary and artistic generation, the martinfierristas of the 1920s, among them Jorge Luis Borges. First published in 1948 during the polarizing reign of Juan Peron, the novel was hailed by Julio Cortazar as an extraordinary event in twentieth-century Argentine literature and praised by Spanish American boom novelists. Set over the course of three break-neck days, Adam Buenosayres follows the protagonist through an apparent metaphysical awakening. A battle for his soul fought by angels and demons, and a descent through a place resembling a comic version of Dante's hell.
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ISBN
9780773585317 (electronic bk.)
0773585311 (electronic bk.)
9780773585324 (electronic bk.)
077358532X (electronic bk.)
9780773543096
Note
Translation of Adán Buenosayres, originally published in 1948.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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