Locos: A Comedy of Gestures - Felipe Alfau, Mary McCarthy (Afterword) • BookLikes (ISBN:1564781712)

Locos: A Comedy of Gestures

by: Felipe Alfau (author) Mary McCarthy (Afterword) (author)

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A mercurial dreamscape in which the characters invade one another's stories.

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Format: ebook

ISBN: 9781564781710 (1564781712)

ASIN: 9781564781710

Publish date: 28-09-1997

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Pages no: 206

Edition language: English

Category:

Novels, Literature, European Literature, Cultural, American, 20th Century, Short Stories, Spanish Literature, Spain, Fiction

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MochaMike rated it

13 years ago

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The Short Version: An emotional thrill-ride, novel in stories—stories where the characters rebel, invade other stories, appear under different names, and cause various sorts of mayhem, confusion, and headaches for the author/narrator(s). Nicholls is correct on this one (is there ever any doubt?) As ...

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AC rated it

14 years ago

http://AC.booklikes.com AC 4.0

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This book is very clever, an example of what wiki calls metafiction. I had never read anything like this, and was charmed and captivated..., at first. But charm is a thin substitute for emotional depth, and reading this simultaneously with Mrs. Dalloway cost this one a star. That said, a worthy li...

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