Artificial Respiration

By Ricardo Piglia

Book Overview

Acclaimed as one of the most important Latin American novels in recent decades, Artificial Respiration is a stunning introduction for English readers to the fiction of Ricardo Piglia. Published in Argentina in 1981, it was written at a time when thousands of Argentine citizens 'disappeared' during the government's attempt to create an authoritarian state. In part a reflection on one of the most repressive and tragic times in Argentine history, this is one of those rare works of fiction in which multiple philosophical, political, and narrative dimensions are all powerfully and equally matched.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822314266
• ISBN13: 9780822314264
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Su lectura es difícil, eso lo hace árido;pero bien escrito.

Piglia muestra que es un explorador de nuevas formas narrativas, pero la lectura de este libro y de otros suyos nos deja ver a un autor que no se deja leer con facilidad, que es críptico; debe ser leido con mucha atención, con papel y lapiz en la mano para seguir sus tramas y personajes y eso no es un virtud en un escritor.