Name: Asylum (en Inglés)
Price: 29.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Andre Alexis
ISBN: 9780771006708

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Macfarlane Walter & Ross

Autor

Andre Alexis

Año

2009

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

496

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780771006708

Categorías

Ficción: general y literaria

Asylum (en Inglés)

Andre Alexis (Autor) · Macfarlane Walter & Ross · Tapa Blanda

Libro Nuevo Importado

Envío: 17 a 27 días háb.

$ 48.34$ 29.00

-40%

Costos de importación incluídos en el precio ✅

Libro Nuevo

Quedan 20 unidades

$ 29.00

Llega entre el 04 Sep y el 22 Sep a Quito, Pichincha. Seleccionar ubicación

Agregar a lista de deseos

Reseña del libro "Asylum (en Inglés)"

Alexis’s long-awaited second novel follows his award-winning Childhood.Set in Ottawa during the Mulroney years, Asylum is André Alexis’s sweeping, edged-in-satire, yet deeply serious tale of intertwined lives and fortunes, of politics and vain ambition, of the building of a magnificent prison, of human fallibility, of the search for refuge, of the impossibility of love, and of finding home. Whether he is taking us into the machinations of a government office or into the mysterious workings of the human heart, Alexis is always alert to the humour and the profound truth of any situation. His cast of characters is eccentric and unforgettable, all recognizable in one way or another as aspects of ourselves or people we know well. At the centre of the story, which covers almost a decade, is a visionary project to build an ideal prison, a perfect metaphor for the purest aspects of artistic ambition and for all that is great and flawed in the world.André Alexis is a true original, one of the most talented and astute writers writing in Canada today. This dazzling novel is filled with tragedy, dry wit, intellectual grist. It is playful, linguistically accomplished, and psychologically profound. Its yearnings constitute the highest level of human concerns and pursuits. Alexis has written The Great Canadian Novel, with a twist.From the Hardcover edition.