Zama
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Author
Contributions
- Allen, Esther, 1962- translator - Contributor
Publication
2016 - New York Review Books (NYRB), New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
50,250 words, Guess
Page Count
201 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27206452M
- ISBN-139781590177174
- ISBN-101590177177
- OCLC Control Number858896468
- OCLC Control Numberzama0000dibe
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014030362
Classifications
- DDC863/.64
- LCCPQ7797.B4343 Z313 2016
Description
"First published in 1956, Zama is now universally recognized as one of the masterpieces of modern Argentinean and Spanish-language literature. Written in a style that is both precise and sumptuous, Zama takes place in the last decade of the eighteenth century and describes the solitary, suspended existence of Don Diego de Zama, a highly placed servant of the Spanish crown who has been posted to Asunción, the capital of remote Paraguay. Eaten up by pride, lust, petty grudges, and paranoid fantasies, Don Diego does as little as he possibly can while plotting an eventual transfer to Buenos Aires, where everything about his hopeless existence will, he is confident, be miraculously transformed and made good. Don Diego's slow, nightmarish slide into the abyss is not just a tale of one man's perdition but an exploration of existential, and very American, loneliness. Zama's stark, dreamlike prose and spare imagery make every word appear to emerge from an ocean of things left unsaid"--
Subjects
Series Statement
- New York Review Books Classics
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