The Hare
by:
César Aira (author)
Nick Caistor (author)
Clark, an English naturalist, roams the Argentine pampas in search of the most elusive and rare animal: the Legibrian hare. The Indians he meets report recent sightings of the hare, but on further investigation, Clark finds in these sightings more than meets the eye.The Hare, the first novel by...
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Clark, an English naturalist, roams the Argentine pampas in search of the most elusive and rare animal: the Legibrian hare. The Indians he meets report recent sightings of the hare, but on further investigation, Clark finds in these sightings more than meets the eye.The Hare, the first novel by Cesar Aira to be translated into English, is a subtle reflection on love, language, and colonial dependency.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811220903 (0811220907)
Publish date: July 25th 2013
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pages no: 218
Edition language: English
The story is about some almost aimless men meandering around flat terrain and occassionally having confusing conversations with each other or with the locals. The prose style of this one is also flat, confused, and meandering. I found this novel incredibly boring. My least favorite of his books, so ...
The review below is published in 3:AM Magazine: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/origin-myths-and-incongruous-realities/ In the opening pages of César Aira’s The Hare, Juan Manuel de Rosas, known as The Restorer of the Laws when he ruled the Argentinean confederation in the 19th century, poses the que...
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