SECONDS OUT - Brossura

KOHAN, MARTIN

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1846686377 ISBN 13: 9781846686375

Casa editrice: Serpent's Tail, 2010

Riassunto

"This is a subtle, complex book. . . . A new generation of Argentinean writers are showing that they are worthy successors of Borges, Sabato and Bioy Casares."—Le Devoir

New York, 1923: the Argentine boxer Luis Angel Firpo knocks out of the ring Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world. Dempsey is out of the ring for seventeen seconds, but is allowed by the US referee to get back in. In the second round, Dempsey knocks Firpo out. Seconds Out is a powerful reflection on memory and national identity.

Martin Kohan lives in Buenos Aires. Seconds Out is his first novel translated into English.

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Recensione:

This is a subtle, complex book. At its heart is the fight itself or more precisely the fall of the champion whose essence is analysed in a virtuoso, slow-motion cut up into moments that crystallize an epoch. Finally, a novel that is not a film-script disguised as a novel from which a script is to be taken. A new generation of Argentinian writers, Martin Kohan and Rodrigo Fresan in the forefront, are showing that they are the worthy successors of Borges, Sabato and Bioy Casares (Le Devoir)

An untypical book... It's the kind of intricate construction which in less skilful hands could become merely an academic exercise, but Kohan is no ivory-tower professor. (Richard Lea Guardian 2010-11-17)

Descrizione del libro:

English translation debut of a major contemporary South American author

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• Editore: Serpent's Tail
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846686377
• ISBN 13: 9781846686375
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256