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The Seamstress and the Wind
César Aira
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Description for The Seamstress and the Wind
Paperback. .
In a small town in Argentina, a seamstress is sewing a wedding dress. All of a sudden she fears that her son has been kidnapped and driven off to Patagonia. She gives chase in a taxi. Her husband finds out and takes off after her – to the end of the world, to the place where monsters are born, and where the southern wind falls hopelessly in love.
In a small town in Argentina, a seamstress is sewing a wedding dress. All of a sudden she fears that her son has been kidnapped and driven off to Patagonia. She gives chase in a taxi. Her husband finds out and takes off after her – to the end of the world, to the place where monsters are born, and where the southern wind falls hopelessly in love.
Product Details
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908276841
SKU
V9781908276841
Shipping Time
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99-1
About César Aira
César Aira is a translator as well as the author of around 80 books of his own – so far. He declared that he might have become a painter if it weren’t so difficult (“the paint, the brushes, having to clean it all”). He was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, and moved to Buenos Aires in 1967 at the age ... Read more
Reviews for The Seamstress and the Wind
‘Aira writes at full tilt, going where the words take him (a style he calls “constant flight forward”) so that reading him is dizzying.’
Jane Housham
The Guardian
‘Once you've started reading Aira, you don't want to stop.’
Roberto Bolaño ‘Aira is firmly in the tradition of Jorge Luis Borges and W. G. Sebald.’
Los ... Read more
Jane Housham
The Guardian
‘Once you've started reading Aira, you don't want to stop.’
Roberto Bolaño ‘Aira is firmly in the tradition of Jorge Luis Borges and W. G. Sebald.’
Los ... Read more