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Publisher
Serpent's Tail The Limited
ISBN-10
1846686911
ISBN-13
9781846686917
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70883122

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Book Title
Witness
Number of Pages
168 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Literary, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Author
Juan José Saer
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
7 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in

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"The best-known of [ Juan Jose ] Saer 's works in Argentina is The Witness, another faux-historical novel that enacts the 'speculative anthropology' he thought fiction should undertake. Formally innovative as ever, this tremendous novel sets lived time against book time, so that the longer the period covered, the shorter the account&"- The Nation, "The best-known of [Juan Jose] Saer's works in Argentina is The Witness, another faux-historical novel that enacts the 'speculative anthropology' he thought fiction should undertake. Formally innovative as ever, this tremendous novel sets lived time against book time, so that the longer the period covered, the shorter the account..."--The Nation, "The best-known of [ Juan Jose ] Saer 's works in Argentina is The Witness, another faux-historical novel that enacts the 'speculative anthropology' he thought fiction should undertake. Formally innovative as ever, this tremendous novel sets lived time against book time, so that the longer the period covered, the shorter the account..."-- The Nation, "The best-known of [ Juan Jose ] Saer 's works in Argentina is The Witness, another faux-historical novel that enacts the 'speculative anthropology' he thought fiction should undertake. Formally innovative as ever, this tremendous novel sets lived time against book time, so that the longer the period covered, the shorter the accountâ€¦"- The Nation
Dewey Edition
22
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Dewey Decimal
863.64
Synopsis
"The evocative imagery and ideas revealed in The Witness are not easily forgotten."-- Washington Times "Haunting and beautifully written."-- Independent on Sunday In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy sets sail on a ship bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in disaster when the group is attacked by Indians. The Witness explores the relationship between existence and description, foreignness and cultural identity. Juan Jos Saer was born in Argentina in 1937 and is considered one of Argentina's leading writers of the post-Borges generation. He died in 2005., The Witness is a reflection on memory, on the role of objects in the construction of our world, on the relationship between existence and meaning, on foreignness, cultural identity and otherness. In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy is bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in disaster when it is attacked by Indians, leaving the young boy, as sole survivor, to face his fate amidst the natives. The Witness is a reflection on memory, on the role of objects in the construction of our world, on the relationship between existence and meaning, on foreignness, cultural identity and otherness., "The evocative imagery and ideas revealed in The Witness are not easily forgotten."-- Washington Times "Haunting and beautifully written."-- Independent on Sunday In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy sets sail on a ship bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in disaster when the group is attacked by Indians. The Witness explores the relationship between existence and description, foreignness and cultural identity. Juan José Saer was born in Argentina in 1937 and is considered one of Argentina's leading writers of the post-Borges generation. He died in 2005., In 16th century Spain, a cabin boy sets sail on a ship bound for the New World. On landing, an inland expedition ends in disaster when the crew is attacked by Indians.
LC Classification Number
PQ7797.S22435
ebay_catalog_id
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Copyright Date
2009

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