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Alaab al-'umr al-mutaqaddim (Juegos de la edad tardia / Games of the Late Age) (Arabic Edition)
Luis Landero
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Description for Alaab al-'umr al-mutaqaddim (Juegos de la edad tardia / Games of the Late Age) (Arabic Edition)
Paperback. A humorous novel about human limits and how they are abolished in the world of dreams. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Gregorio is a middle-aged clerk, grey and ordinary, whose youthful aspirations for an exciting, more fulfilling life have faded completely. One day, he meets a man named Gil over the phone and everything begins to change. Through his conversations with Gil, Gregorio forges another personality for himself as Faroni, an attractive polyglot, engineer, poet, and world traveler. When Gil announces that he is finally coming to meet him, Gregorio becomes desperate to preserve his own lies and embarks upon a dangerous path. First published in Spanish in 1989, this novel won Spains Critics Prize that same year, followed by the ... Read more
Gregorio is a middle-aged clerk, grey and ordinary, whose youthful aspirations for an exciting, more fulfilling life have faded completely. One day, he meets a man named Gil over the phone and everything begins to change. Through his conversations with Gil, Gregorio forges another personality for himself as Faroni, an attractive polyglot, engineer, poet, and world traveler. When Gil announces that he is finally coming to meet him, Gregorio becomes desperate to preserve his own lies and embarks upon a dangerous path. First published in Spanish in 1989, this novel won Spains Critics Prize that same year, followed by the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
, Qatar
ISBN
9789992195208
SKU
V9789992195208
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99-15
About Luis Landero
Luis Landero was born in Albuquerque, Spain, in 1948. He has a degree in Spanish language and literature from the Complutense University, Madrid. He has worked as professor of literature at the School of Dramatic Art in Madrid and as a visiting professor at Yale University. Juegos de la edad tardia, his debut prize-winning novel, was published in 1989. ... Read more
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