
The Event
Juan Jose Saer(Author)
Serpent's Tail (Publisher)
Published on 15. February 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-85242-249-3 (ISBN)
Description
London, 1855. Bianco, the magician, is at the height of his powers. His telepathic gifts have made him famous throughout Europe - the Prussian secret service want to hire him to divine the secrets of their French counterparts. At a public meeting held to consecrate his fame, Bianco is undermined by a conspiracy of the Paris positivists. Exposed as a charlatan, he is forced to flee to the pampas of Argentina where he takes up with Gina, whose voluptuousness matches her promiscuity. His career destroyed his personal life riven with jealousy - Bianco descends into madness. A fast page-turner, The Event is also an elegant reflection on the control of knowledge by the first world.
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?I can?t understand why we have had to wait so long for a book of his to appear in English.? The Independent on SundayMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-249-3 (9781852422493)
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Persons
Born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1937, Juan Jose Saer is the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. In 1968, he moved to Paris and taught literature at the university in Rennes, Brittany. In 1988, Juan Jose Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize for The Event. His work is translated into all major languages and includes The Witness, Nobody Nothing Never and The Investigation, also published by Serpent's Tail. Saer died in July 2005.