The Literary Conference (New Directions Pearls)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811218788 (0811218783)
ASIN: 0811218783
Publish date: 2010-05-25
Publisher: New Directions
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
I came across this book by accident and decided to read it, despite reading some not-so promising reviews.The premise of the story is a mad scientist who tries to clone famous writer Carlos Fuentes. I enjoyed most things about this book; the storyline, the language used and the narrator's inner mono...
Absurd! Surreal! More please!
I like weird books. What can I say? I like books of the sort that cause some to roll their eyes and wonder “WTF is this? People read this shit?”—the sorts of books that are hard to place by genre, other than that anti-genre sometimes called Literary Fiction. The ones that frequently provoke one-wor...
It was a fascinating read but the ending answered none of my questions! I was frustrated, but in a positive way.
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