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An astounding novel from Argentina that is a meditation on the beautiful and the grotesque in nature, the art of landscape painting, and one experience in a man's life that became a lightning rod for inspiration.

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"May it herald many more such unsettling and elegant parables to come." -- Mark Doty - Los Angeles Times
"Aira oversteps the bounds of realism, forcing the world to live up to his imagination." -- Benjamin Lytal - New York Sun
"I’m about to reread César Aira’s An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter once again. The book’s mere 87 pages are so multi­faceted and transporting and I get so absorbed that upon finishing I don’t remember anything. Like having a complex cinematic dream that dissipates upon awakening." -- Patti Smith - New York Times Book Review

An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter

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    A Paperback / softback by César Aira, Chris Andrews, Roberto Bolaño

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      Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Published 8 May 2006
      ISBN-13 9780811216302
      978-0811216302
      ISBN-10 0811216306

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An astounding novel from Argentina that is a meditation on the beautiful and the grotesque in nature, the art of landscape painting, and one experience in a man's life that became a lightning rod for inspiration.

      Trade Review
      "May it herald many more such unsettling and elegant parables to come." -- Mark Doty - Los Angeles Times
      "Aira oversteps the bounds of realism, forcing the world to live up to his imagination." -- Benjamin Lytal - New York Sun
      "I’m about to reread César Aira’s An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter once again. The book’s mere 87 pages are so multi­faceted and transporting and I get so absorbed that upon finishing I don’t remember anything. Like having a complex cinematic dream that dissipates upon awakening." -- Patti Smith - New York Times Book Review

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