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The Love Parade (Paperback)
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The Love Parade (Paperback)
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Loot Price R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
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Following the chance discovery of certain documents, a historian
sets out to unravel the mystery of a murder committed in his
childhood Mexico City home in the autumn of 1942. Mexico had just
declared war on Germany, and its capital had recently become a
colorful cauldron of the most unusual and colorful of the European
ilk: German communists, Spanish republicans, Trotsky and his
disciples, Balkan royalty, agents of the most varied secret
services, opulent Jewish financiers, and more. As the
historian-turned-detective begins his investigation, he introduces
us to a rich and eccentric gallery of characters, the media of
politics, the newly installed intelligentsia, and beyond.
Identities are crossed, characters are confounded; Pitol constructs
a novel that turns on mistaken identities, blurred memories, and
conflicting interests, and whose protagonist is haunted by the
ever-looming possibility of never uncovering the truth. At the same
time a fast-paced detective investigation and an uproarious comedy
of errors, this novel cemented Pitol's place as one of Latin
America's most important twentieth-century authors. Winner of the
Herralde Prize in 1984, The Love Parade is the first installment of
what Pitol would later dub his Carnival Triptych. "This novel is
not only the best that Pitol has written, but one of the best
novels in Mexican literature." -Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez, La
Jornada "Sergio Pitol in the splendor of his mastery. A great
novel." -Florian Borchmeyer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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