Varamo

by César Aira

Book Overview

Unmistakably the work of C?sar Aira, Varamo is about the day in the life of a hapless government employee who, after wandering around all night after being paid by the Ministry in counterfeit money, eventually writes the most celebrated masterwork of modern Central American poetry, The Song of the Virgin Boy. What is odd is that, at fifty years old, Varamo "hadn't previously written one sole verse, nor had it ever occurred to him to write one."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811217418
• ISBN13: 9780811217415
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 6.8"