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Asleep in the Sun (Paperback)

Adolfo Bioy Casares; Introduction by James Sallis; Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine

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Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his wife (not the easiest person to get along with) and family and job (he lost it) finds he has a much bigger problem: his wife is a dog. At first, it doesn't seem like such a problem, because the German shepherd inhabiting his wife's body is actually a good deal more agreeable than his wife herself, now occupying the body of the same German shepherd in a mental hospital run by scientists who, it appears, have designs on the whole neighborhood. But then Lucio has a sense, however confused, of what's right, which is an even bigger problem yet.

"Asleep in the Sun" is the great work of the Argentine master Adolfo Bioy Casares's later years. Like his legendary "Invention of Morel," it is an intoxicating mixture of fantasy, sly humor, and menace. Whether read as a fable of modern politics, a meditation on the elusive parameters of the self, or a most unusual love story, Bioy's book is an almost scarily perfect comic turn, as well as a pure delight.

General

Imprint: Nyrb Classics
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2004
First published: August 2004
Authors: Adolfo Bioy Casares
Introduction by: James Sallis
Translators: Suzanne Jill Levine
Dimensions: 204 x 128 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-095-3
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
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LSN: 1-59017-095-4
Barcode: 9781590170953

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