The silentiary /
Di Benedetto, Antonio, 1922-1986,
The silentiary / Antonio di Benedetto ; translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen ; introduction by Juan José Saer. - 166 pages ; 21 cm - New York Review Books classics . - New York Review Books classics. .
"The Silentiary (1964) happens in a nameless Latin-American city during the years after World War II. A young man employed in mid-level management entertains an ambition to write a book of some sort. But first he must establish the necessary preconditions. It is the second of three novels by Antonio Di Benedetto that have come to be known as the Trilogy of Expectation in allusion to the dedication of the first one, Zama (1956), 'To the victims of expectation.' Together they constitute, in Juan José Saer's words, 'one of the culminating moments of 20th-century narrative fiction in Spanish.'"--
9781681375625 1681375621
9781681375625
2021012496
GBC1E5591 bnb
020312619 Uk
Argentine fiction--20th century.
Satire--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Satirical literature.
The silentiary / Antonio di Benedetto ; translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen ; introduction by Juan José Saer. - 166 pages ; 21 cm - New York Review Books classics . - New York Review Books classics. .
"The Silentiary (1964) happens in a nameless Latin-American city during the years after World War II. A young man employed in mid-level management entertains an ambition to write a book of some sort. But first he must establish the necessary preconditions. It is the second of three novels by Antonio Di Benedetto that have come to be known as the Trilogy of Expectation in allusion to the dedication of the first one, Zama (1956), 'To the victims of expectation.' Together they constitute, in Juan José Saer's words, 'one of the culminating moments of 20th-century narrative fiction in Spanish.'"--
9781681375625 1681375621
9781681375625
2021012496
GBC1E5591 bnb
020312619 Uk
Argentine fiction--20th century.
Satire--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Satirical literature.