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Five
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $23.95
ISBN13: 9780811232364
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Jul 28 2026
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Five , selected from over 100 untranslated novels and stories by the Duchamp of Latin America (Natasha Wimmer), brings together--each an astonishing work--Margarita: A Memory, The Dream, Musical Brushstrokes, Princess Springtime, and The Hormone Pill. Following a cast of dreamlike characters including cyber nuns, a young princess making ends meet as a hack translator, a newspaper vendor, and General Winter and his sadistic sidekick, the Little Christmas Tree, Five shows the many facets of Aira's master mind as he turns expectations inside-out and gleefully explodes genre conventions.
Five is a must-have for Aira's legion of devoted fans around the world and a fine introduction to the as-yet uninitiated. A satisfyingly hefty installment from this exquisite miniaturist (WSJ) and writer whose cubist eye sees from every angle (NYT); because once you start reading Aira, you don't want tostop (Roberto Bolaño).
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