First published in Spain in 1983 and proclaimed an instant postmodern classic, without a doubt the most disturbingly original Spanish prose of the century (Encyclopedia Britannica 1985 Book of the Year), Larva is a rollicking account of a masquerade party in an abandoned mansion in London. Milalias (disguised as Don Juan) searches for Babelle (as Sleeping Beauty) though a linguistic fun house of polylingual puns and wordplay recalling Joyce s Finnegans Wake. A mock-scholarly commentary reveals the backgrounds of the masked revelers, while Ríos s punning and allusive language shows that words, too, wear masks, hiding an astonishing range of further meanings and implications. Larva s tale, a reassessment of the Don Juan myth in our time, is told in single-minded pursuit of double meanings, but it is serious play. It revives a Hispanic tradition repressed for centuries by introducing the Madhatter English tradition of puns, palindromes, and acrostics, by creating Joycean echoes and pushing language to its maximum connotative capacity. Larva has been praised by such leading Spanish-language writers as Carlos Fuentes, Juan Goytisolo, and Severo Sarduy, and establishes Ríos as the most accomplished successor to Joyce.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. 8vo. [586] pp. Black cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Slightest shelfwear to boards. Red lettering to jacket spine faded slightly to pink. Translated by Richard Alan Francis with Suzanne Jill Levine and the author. Codice articolo h01449
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** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING ** Octavo. In As New condition with an As New dust jacket. Jacket spine is black with gold lettering. Boards and spine are tight, text block clean, pages bright and clean, with sharp page corners throughout. No writing, markings, or remainder marks. Not price clipped. This copy is protected with a removable mylar covering. A rare and important postmodern novel by Julián Ríos, author of two earlier works co-authored with Octavio Paz. Larva is widely regarded as Ríos?s masterwork and a landmark of experimental world literature, frequently compared to Finnegans Wake for its linguistic ambition and inventiveness. Codice articolo 31984
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