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Mills, Juan Jos

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ISBN 10: 0873529375 ISBN 13: 9780873529372

Casa editrice: Modern Language Assn of Amer, 2007

Riassunto

The stories of Juan José Millás, who began writing in the 1970s, depart from both the socially engaged, traditional realism and the linguistic experimentation of post-Francoist Spain. They are populated by strange characters: a man who discovers a passage that connects all the armoires on earth, a woman who finds her obsessions to be better company than her cats, a vacationer who prefers his pancreas to the Bahamas as a destination. Influenced by both Gabriel García Marquéz and Franz Kafka and resonant with Freudian concepts, Millás's fiction—ironic, humorous, dreamlike—raises questions about identity, society, and what is normal.

In her introduction, Pepa Anastasio places Millás in the context of modern Spain and provides commentary on the style and themes of a contemporary writer little of whose work has yet appeared in English translation.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Juan José Millás was born in 1946. His publications include Cerbero son las sombras, Primavera de luto, and Dos mujeres en Praga. Pepa Anastasio is an associate professor at Hofstra University. Her academic interests include performance studies, contemporary Spanish literature, and cultural theory.

Juan José Millás was born in 1946. His publications include Cerbero son las sombras, Primavera de luto, and Dos mujeres en Praga.

Pepa Anastasio is an associate professor at Hofstra University. Her academic interests include performance studies, contemporary Spanish literature, and cultural theory.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Modern Language Assn of Amer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0873529375
• ISBN 13: 9780873529372
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 177
• Redattore: Anastasio Pepa
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile