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Asleep in the Sun.
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
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- Paperback
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0892550309
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550302
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Persea Books, 1978. Paperback First Edition Thus (1978), so stated. First Edition Thus (1978), so stated. Very Good+ in Good+ DJ: The Book shows some abrasion at the upper cornere of the rear panel; a hint of crimp to the heel of the backstrip; foxing to the top edge of the text block and also very sparse flecks of foxing to the fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Appears unopened and unread despite some minor flaws. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Close to "As New". The DJ shows a 3/4" x 2/3" chip at the top of the rear panel and a short, a short, closed tear at the top of the front panel and another at the bottom of the front panel; at small patch of roughage at the top of the front panel as well; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Serviceable, but shows some flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.85 x 6 x 0.85 inches). 190 pages. Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine. Language: English. Weight: 15.5 ounces. Red boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. First published in Spanish in 1973. Hardback with DJ. Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914 – 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. As with Kafka, Borges and Marquez, Bioy utilizes the fantastic to delineate the real. A Day in the Sun is a love story that explores the nature of connection and of identity. It also functions as political parable and cerebral adventure story. Part of Bioy Casares's art is to encourage the reader to test the line between real and fantastic. If the observer can accept and move through the small opening proposed by the author, he will find Asleep in the Sun a rewarding and deeply moving fable.
Synopsis
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999) was born in Buenos Aires, the child of wealthy parents. He began to write in the early Thirties, and his stories appeared in the influential magazine Sur , through which he met his wife, the painter and writer Silvina Ocampo, as well Jorge Luis Borges, who was to become his mentor, friend, and collaborator. In 1940, after writing several novice works, Bioy published the novella The Invention of Morel , the first of his books to satisfy him, and the first in which he hit his characteristic note of uncanny and unexpectedly harrowing humor. Later publications include stories and novels, among them A Plan for Escape , A Dream of Heroes , and Asleep in the Sun . Bioy also collaborated with Borges on an A nthology of Fantastic Literature and a series of satirical sketches written under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq. James Sallis’s books include ten novels, multiple collections of short stories, poems and essays, three volumes of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau’s Saint Glinglin. He reviews widely for The Washington Post , the Los Angeles Times , The Review of Contemporary Fiction , and other publications, and writes a monthly column for The Boston Globe . Suzanne Jill Levine is the author of numerous studies in Latin American literature and the translator of works by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Manuel Puig, among other distinguished writers. Levine’s most recent book is Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions . She is a professor in the Spanish Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 57375
- Title
- Asleep in the Sun.
- Author
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (1978), so stated.
- ISBN 10
- 0892550309
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550302
- Publisher
- Persea Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1978.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Visionary Fiction; Literature: World; Spanish Literature;
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