A divorce leads a man to Buenos Aires. In a trendy cafe he witnesses a minor accident involving Enrique; the owner of his guest house; this accident reunites Enrique with a childhood friend; with whom he had miraculously escaped from a raging fire in a miniature replica of a boarding school. So starts a true master-yarn from Booker finalist Aira.
A propos de l’auteur
Chris Andrews teaches at Western Sydney University. He has lived in Sydney; Melbourne; Wollongong and Newcastle; Australia. He has translated books of fiction from Spanish and French; including By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño; Ema; the Captive by César Aira; The Wind that Lays Waste by Selva Almada and A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi. He has also published two collections of poems: Cut Lunch and Lime Green Chair. In 2019; his poem ‘This is the Crow with the Broken Caw’ won the TLS Mick Imlah Poetry Prize.
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