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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. When unambitious scholar Ramon Beltra receives a mysterious invitation to a lucrative six-month fellowship at the University of Lerna in Switzerland, he reluctantly complies with the unusual qualifying paperwork requiring several pages of detailed measurements and photographs of his entire body. Beltra soon finds himself in the deserted university town of Lerna, together with twenty-three other 'novices' subject to the same undisclosed project all of them doppelgangers of Beltra himself. At first, Beltra is the only one to bristle at the school's dizzying array of rules and regulations, but this all changes with the onset of an uncontrollable epidemic, and the fellows begin dying off one by one.The Novices of Lerna is a meditation on identity, surveillance, and isolation that remains eerily relevant. Shot through with wry humour and tender absurdity, this novella offers a perfect introduction to Angel Bonomini's incomparable body of work. A forgotten masterpiece by an enigmatic master of Argentine literature Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. For the first time in English, a forgotten masterpiece from an enigmatic master of Argentine fantastic literature.The Novices of Lerna introduces the enigmatic fictions of Angel Bonomini to English readers for the first time. Shot through with wry humor and tender absurdity, these meditations on identity, surveillance, and isolation remain eerily prescient.The collection's central novella follows Ramon Beltra, an unambitious scholar who receives a mysterious invitation to a lucrative six-month fellowship at the University of Lerna in Switzerland. After he reluctantly complies with the unusual qualifying paperwork requiring several pages of detailed measurements and photographs of his entire body, Beltra soon finds himself in the deserted university town of Lerna, together with twenty-three other "novices" subject to the same undisclosed project--all of them doppelgangers of Beltra himself. At first, Beltra is the only one to bristle at the school's dizzying array of rules and regulations, but this all changes with the onset of an uncontrollable epidemic, and the fellows begin dying off one by one.An overlooked master of Argentine fantastic literature, Angel Bonomini garnered praise among peers and contemporaries like Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares, before slipping mysteriously into obscurity. Born in Buenos Aires in 1929, Bonomini was forty-three years old in 1972 when he published The Novices of Lerna, the first of four books of short stories he released before his death at age sixty-four. "Introduces the enigmatic fictions of aAngel Bonomini to English readers for the first time. Shot through with wry humor and tender absurdity, these meditations on identity, surveillance, and isolation remain eerily prescient."-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Enigmatic fictions from a lost master of Argentine literature.A man and woman on a road trip make an unplanned detour to Laar, an empty city of palaces and canals that may be no city at all. Two gaucho rebels are captured during war one finds freedom in writing stories while the other is driven mad with envy. And a traveller in postwar Italy is inspired, almost against his will, to record the mysterious progress of two elephants through the foggy streets of Milan.In twelve short fictions threaded together by an insatiable curiosity about time, memory, art, and the divine, Angel Bonomini (The Novices of Lerna) explores 'the sweet and subtle interrelations of things'. Originally published in 1978 and appearing in English for the first time, Slow Elephants of Milan is an indispensable addition to our literature of the strange and fantastic.'Revelatory and seductive.' Publishers Weekly, starred review'Lapidary in structure and oneiric in tone, the fantastical stories that comprise Bonominis Slow Elephants of Milan touch on such topics as the bridges we cross in relationships, representations failures and the search for the sacred in the everyday.Consider me utterly beguiled.' Cassie Packard, Frieze Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. When unambitious scholar Ramon Beltra receives a mysterious invitation to a lucrative six-month fellowship at the University of Lerna in Switzerland, he reluctantly complies with the unusual qualifying paperwork requiring several pages of detailed measurements and photographs of his entire body. Beltra soon finds himself in the deserted university town of Lerna, together with twenty-three other 'novices' subject to the same undisclosed project all of them doppelgangers of Beltra himself. At first, Beltra is the only one to bristle at the school's dizzying array of rules and regulations, but this all changes with the onset of an uncontrollable epidemic, and the fellows begin dying off one by one.The Novices of Lerna is a meditation on identity, surveillance, and isolation that remains eerily relevant. Shot through with wry humour and tender absurdity, this novella offers a perfect introduction to Angel Bonomini's incomparable body of work. A forgotten masterpiece by an enigmatic master of Argentine literature Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. When unambitious scholar Ramon Beltra receives a mysterious invitation to a lucrative six-month fellowship at the University of Lerna in Switzerland, he reluctantly complies with the unusual qualifying paperwork requiring several pages of detailed measurements and photographs of his entire body. Beltra soon finds himself in the deserted university town of Lerna, together with twenty-three other 'novices' subject to the same undisclosed project all of them doppelgangers of Beltra himself. At first, Beltra is the only one to bristle at the school's dizzying array of rules and regulations, but this all changes with the onset of an uncontrollable epidemic, and the fellows begin dying off one by one.The Novices of Lerna is a meditation on identity, surveillance, and isolation that remains eerily relevant. Shot through with wry humour and tender absurdity, this novella offers a perfect introduction to Angel Bonomini's incomparable body of work. A forgotten masterpiece by an enigmatic master of Argentine literature Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. For the first time in English, a forgotten masterpiece from an enigmatic master of Argentine fantastic literature.The Novices of Lerna introduces the enigmatic fictions of Angel Bonomini to English readers for the first time. Shot through with wry humor and tender absurdity, these meditations on identity, surveillance, and isolation remain eerily prescient.The collection's central novella follows Ramon Beltra, an unambitious scholar who receives a mysterious invitation to a lucrative six-month fellowship at the University of Lerna in Switzerland. After he reluctantly complies with the unusual qualifying paperwork requiring several pages of detailed measurements and photographs of his entire body, Beltra soon finds himself in the deserted university town of Lerna, together with twenty-three other "novices" subject to the same undisclosed project--all of them doppelgangers of Beltra himself. At first, Beltra is the only one to bristle at the school's dizzying array of rules and regulations, but this all changes with the onset of an uncontrollable epidemic, and the fellows begin dying off one by one.An overlooked master of Argentine fantastic literature, Angel Bonomini garnered praise among peers and contemporaries like Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares, before slipping mysteriously into obscurity. Born in Buenos Aires in 1929, Bonomini was forty-three years old in 1972 when he published The Novices of Lerna, the first of four books of short stories he released before his death at age sixty-four. "Introduces the enigmatic fictions of aAngel Bonomini to English readers for the first time. Shot through with wry humor and tender absurdity, these meditations on identity, surveillance, and isolation remain eerily prescient."-- Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Enigmatic fictions from a lost master of Argentine literature.A man and woman on a road trip make an unplanned detour to Laar, an empty city of palaces and canals that may be no city at all. Two gaucho rebels are captured during war one finds freedom in writing stories while the other is driven mad with envy. And a traveller in postwar Italy is inspired, almost against his will, to record the mysterious progress of two elephants through the foggy streets of Milan.In twelve short fictions threaded together by an insatiable curiosity about time, memory, art, and the divine, Angel Bonomini (The Novices of Lerna) explores 'the sweet and subtle interrelations of things'. Originally published in 1978 and appearing in English for the first time, Slow Elephants of Milan is an indispensable addition to our literature of the strange and fantastic.'Revelatory and seductive.' Publishers Weekly, starred review'Lapidary in structure and oneiric in tone, the fantastical stories that comprise Bonominis Slow Elephants of Milan touch on such topics as the bridges we cross in relationships, representations failures and the search for the sacred in the everyday.Consider me utterly beguiled.' Cassie Packard, Frieze Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Enigmatic fictions from a lost master of Argentine literature.A man and woman on a road trip make an unplanned detour to Laar, an empty city of palaces and canals that may be no city at all. Two gaucho rebels are captured during war one finds freedom in writing stories while the other is driven mad with envy. And a traveller in postwar Italy is inspired, almost against his will, to record the mysterious progress of two elephants through the foggy streets of Milan.In twelve short fictions threaded together by an insatiable curiosity about time, memory, art, and the divine, Angel Bonomini (The Novices of Lerna) explores 'the sweet and subtle interrelations of things'. Originally published in 1978 and appearing in English for the first time, Slow Elephants of Milan is an indispensable addition to our literature of the strange and fantastic.'Revelatory and seductive.' Publishers Weekly, starred review'Lapidary in structure and oneiric in tone, the fantastical stories that comprise Bonominis Slow Elephants of Milan touch on such topics as the bridges we cross in relationships, representations failures and the search for the sacred in the everyday.Consider me utterly beguiled.' Cassie Packard, Frieze Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…