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Last Words on Earth

Last Words on Earth

Serena, Javier
Whittemore, Katie

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $14.95

ISBN10: 1948830329
ISBN13: 9781948830324
Publisher: Open Letter Books
Published: Sep 21 2021
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.55 Width: 4.96 Depth: 7.95
Language: English
In exile from his home country of Peru, Ricardo Funes embodies the ultimate starving artist. Fired from almost every job he's held--usually for paying more attention to literature than work--he sets himself up in a rundown shack where he works on writing stories to enter in regional contests across Spain, and foisting his judgements about literature on anyone who will listen as one of the last remaining members of the negacionismo poetry movement. Completely dedicated to an unwavering belief in his own art, Funes struggles in anonymity until he achieves unbridled success with The Aztec and becomes a legend . . . at least for a moment. Diagnosed with lung cancer a few years later, Funes will only be able to enjoy his newfound attention for a short time.

Told through the voices of Funes's best friend, his wife, and himself, Last Words on Earth looks at the price--and haphazard nature--of fame through the lens of a Bolaño-esque writer who persevered just long enough to be transformed out of obscurity into being a literary legend right at the end of his life.

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