Palinuro of Mexico |
|
| Author:
| del Paso, Fernando |
| Translator:
| Plaister, Elisabeth |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-095-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
|
| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
|
Translated by Elisabeth Plaister,One of the most astonishing books to come out of,Mexico in recent years. Palinuro, a medical,student belongs to an eccentric, cosmopolitan,Mexican family living in the nation's capitol;,since childhood he has loved his first cousinEstefania whith an overwhelming and consuming,passion. del Paso satirizes advertising, politicspornography and mythology with Swiftian glee and,a thoroughness that only a medical student could,manage and in a language only a...
More DescriptionTranslated by Elisabeth Plaister,One of the most astonishing books to come out of,Mexico in recent years. Palinuro, a medical,student belongs to an eccentric, cosmopolitan,Mexican family living in the nation's capitol;,since childhood he has loved his first cousinEstefania whith an overwhelming and consuming,passion. del Paso satirizes advertising, politicspornography and mythology with Swiftian glee and,a thoroughness that only a medical student could,manage and in a language only a word drunk nove...