Varamo
Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.
César Aira’s newest novel in English is not about a conventional doctor. Single,in his forties, and poor, Dr. Aira is a skeptic. His personality ― his weaknesses,whims, and pet peeves ― is summed up in a series of digressions and regressions but he has a very special gift for miracles. He no longer cares about miracles,however, and has no faith in them. Perhaps he is even a little ashamed about his supernatural powers. Such is Dr. Aira, who also has to confront his arch-enemy― chief of the Pinero Hospital, Dr. Actyn ― who is constantly trying to prove that Dr. Aira is a charlatan. Poor Dr. Aira is indeed a worker of miracles, but César Aira ― the magesterial author ― sends the very human doctor stumbling toward the biggest trap of all, in this magical book.Country | USA |
Binding | Paperback |
EAN | 9780811219990 |
ISBN | 9780811219990 |
Label | New Directions |
Manufacturer | New Directions |
NumberOfItems | 1 |
NumberOfPages | 88 |
PublicationDate | 2012-10-16 |
Publisher | New Directions |
ReleaseDate | 2012-10-16 |
Studio | New Directions |