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020 $a9781632061621 (pbk.) :$cNT$700
082 04$a868.09$222
100 1 $aPiglia, Ricardo.
245 10$aThe diaries of Emilio Renzi :$bformative years /$cRicardo Piglia ; translated by Robert Croll ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
246 30$aFormative years.
260 $aBrooklyn NY :$bRestless Books,$c2017.
300 $axi, 448 pages ;$c21 cm.
505 0 $a"A giant of contemporary Latin American literature, Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia's secret magnum opus was a compilation of 327 notebooks that he composed over nearly six decades, in which he imagined himself as his literary alter ego, Emilio Renzi. A world-weary detective, Renzi stars in many of his creator's works, much like Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman. But the Renzi of these diaries is something more complex--a multilayered reconstruction of the self that isteased out over intricate, illuminating pages. As Piglia/Renzi develops as a reader and writer, falls in love, and tussles with his tyrannical father, we get eye-opening perspectives on Latin America's tumultuous twentieth century. Obsessed with literary giants--from Borges and Cortázar (both of whom he knew), to Kafka and Camus--The Diaries comprise a celebration of reading as a vital, existential activity. When Piglia learned he had a fatal illness in 2011,he raced to complete his mysterious masterwork as rumors about the book intensified among his many fans. First released in Spanish as a trilogy to tremendous applause, The Diaries of Emilio Renzi cements Piglia's place in the global canon"--Amazon.com.
650 0$aAutobiographical fiction.
650 0$aPiglia, Ricardo$vDiaries.
650 0$aAuthors, Argentine$y20th century$vDiaries.
650 0$aAuthors, Argentine$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0$aDiary fiction.