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Birthday

English

By (author): Cesar Aira

Translated by: Chris Andrews

Before you know it you are no longer young, and by the way, while you were thinking about other things, the world was changingand then, just as suddenly you realize that you are fifty years old. Aira had anticipated his fiftietha time when he would not so much recall years past as look forward to what lies aheadbut the birthday came and went without much ado. It was only months later, while having a somewhat banal conversation with his wife about the phases of the moon, that he realized how little he really knows about his life. In Birthday Aira searches for the events that were significant to him during his first fifty years. Between anecdotes ,and memories, the author ponders the origins of his personal truths, and meditates on literature meant as much for the writer as for the reader, on ignorance, knowledge, and death. Finally, Birthday is a little sad, in a serene, crystal-clear kind of way, which makes it even more irresistible.  See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 77g
  • Dimensions: 127 x 180mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Apr 2019
  • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780811219099

About Cesar Aira

CÉSAR AIRA was born in Coronel Pringles Argentina in 1949 and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarmé) and has translated and edited books from France England Italy Brazil Spain Mexico and Venezuela. Perhaps one of the most prolific writers in Argentina and certainly one of the most talked about in Latin America Aira has published more than 100 books to date in Argentina Mexico Colombia Venezuela Chile and Spain which have been translated for France Great Britain Italy Brazil Portugal Greece Austria Romania Russia and the United States. One novel La prueba has been made into a feature film and How I Became a Nun was chosen as one of Argentinas ten best books. Besides essays and novels Aira writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In addition to winning the 2021 Formentor Prize he has received a Guggenheim scholarship and was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos prize and the Booker International Prize.   The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.

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