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PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing

ISBN-101564785068

ISBN-139781564785060

eBay Product ID (ePID)63836336

Product Key Features

Book TitleMakbara

Number of Pages270 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Romance / General

Publication Year2008

GenreFiction

AuthorJuan. Goytisolo

Book SeriesSpanish Literature Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight13.1 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-045788

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"It is natural that Goytisolo should immediately bring Joyce, Malcolm Lowry, Beckett and even Nabokov to mind... he is fully worthy to be considered among the major innovators of our time." -- V.S. Pritchett, "[A] frank and solitary writer: on a crusade for truth. . . . He's an outsider--his own man." -- Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal863.64

SynopsisIn Makbara, Juan Goytisolo--widely considered Spain's greatest living writer--again dazzles the reader with his energetic, stylistic prose, which he himself compares to a snake: cunning, sly, sinuous. But the themes in Makbara are perhaps more universal than in his earlier works. Makbara is full of its own kind of warmth, humor, and love. After all, makbara is an Arab word referring to the spot in North African cemetaries where young couples meet for romantic encounters. Sex, for Goytisolo, is clearly the greatest cosmic joke, the great leveller. "Sex," he says, "is above all freedom.", In Makbara, Juan Goytisolo--widely considered Spain's greatest living writer--again dazzles the reader with his energetic, stylistic prose, which he himself compares to a snake: cunning, sly, sinuous. But the themes in Makbara are perhaps more universal than in his earlier works. Makbara is full of its own kind of warmth, humor, and love. After all, makbara is an Arab word referring to the spot in North African cemeteries where young couples meet for romantic encounters. Sex, for Goytisolo, is clearly the greatest cosmic joke, the great leveller. "Sex," he says, "is above all freedom.", In Makbara, Juan Goytisolo widely considered Spain s greatest living writer again dazzles the reader with his energetic, stylistic prose, which he himself compares to a snake: cunning, sly, sinuous. But the themes in Makbara are perhaps more universal than in his earlier works. Makbara is full of its own kind of warmth, humor, and love. After all, makbara is an Arab word referring to the spot in North African cemeteries where young couples meet for romantic encounters. Sex, for Goytisolo, is clearly the greatest cosmic joke, the great leveller. Sex, he says, is above all freedom. "

LC Classification NumberPQ6613.O79M313 2008