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Mario Levrero
Levrero's writing is distinguished by its bounteous imagination, and nowhere more so than in this 1970 story collection. From the Escher-like grammatical maze of 'The Boarding House' to the Lewis…
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From a legendary cult figure in Latin American literature, the story of a writer who obsessively observes his own handwriting in search of answers about his identity.
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The amusing reflections and touching anecdotes of a writer whose journey of self-improvement begins with the basics: improving his handwriting.
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Levrero’s touching and funny magnum opus about domestic life, the writing process, love, the fear of death, pets, and a funereal pigeon
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Gabrielle Cornefert
Raro, excentrico, monstruo: el uruguayo Mario Levrero y el argentino Alberto Laiseca permanecieron largo tiempo escritores de culto, marginales tanto en el mercado literario globalizado como en el campo de…
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Nicolaas asks his very sleepy father to tell story after story and hears of a man who sleeps in his umbrella, another in the sea, and a third in a…
