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The diaries of Emilio Renzi : formative years
- Title
- The diaries of Emilio Renzi : formative years / Ricardo Piglia ; translated by Robert Croll ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
- Author
- Piglia, Ricardo
- Publication
- Brooklyn, NY : Restless Books, 2017.
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- Description
- xi, 448 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "A giant of contemporary Latin American literature, Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia's secret magnum opus was a compilation of 327 notebooks that he composed over nearly six decades, in which he imagined himself as his literary alter ego, Emilio Renzi. A world-weary detective, Renzi stars in many of his creator's works, much like Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman. But the Renzi of these diaries is something more complex--a multilayered reconstruction of the self that is teased out over intricate, illuminating pages. As Piglia/Renzi develops as a reader and writer, falls in love, and tussles with his tyrannical father, we get eye-opening perspectives on Latin America's tumultuous twentieth century. Obsessed with literary giants--from Borges and Cortázar (both of whom he knew), to Kafka and Camus--The Diaries comprise a celebration of reading as a vital, existential activity. When Piglia learned he had a fatal illness in 2011, he raced to complete his mysterious masterwork as rumors about the book intensified among his many fans. First released in Spanish as a trilogy to tremendous applause, The Diaries of Emilio Renzi cements Piglia's place in the global canon"--Amazon.com.
- Uniform Title
- Diarios de Emilio Renzi : años de formación. English
- Alternative Title
- Diarios de Emilio Renzi : años de formación.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographical fiction.
- Biography.
- Diaries.
- Diary fiction.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-2059
- ISBN
- 1632061627
- 9781632061621
- OCLC
- 975112313
- Author
- Piglia, Ricardo, author.
- Title
- The diaries of Emilio Renzi : formative years / Ricardo Piglia ; translated by Robert Croll ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
- Publisher
- Brooklyn, NY : Restless Books, 2017.
- Edition
- First Restless Books paperback edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Croll, Robert, translator.Stavans, Ilan, writer of introductory text.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-2059