Larva
midsummer night's Babel
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1990 - Dalkey Archive Press, Elmwood Park, IL, USA, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
146,250 words, Guess
Page Count
585 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10091658366X
- ISBN-139780916583668
- Goodreads1352018
- LibraryThing120730
- Library of Congress Control Number90003773
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780916583668
- Open LibraryOL1852170M
Classifications
- DDC863/.64
- LCCPQ6668.I576 B313 1990
- LCCPQ6668.I576B313 1990
Description
"Larva is an account of a masquerade party in an abandoned mansion in London. Milalias (disguised as Don Juan) searches for Babelle (as Sleeping Beauty) through a linguistic funhouse of puns and wordplay recalling Joyce's Finnegans Wake. A mock-scholarly commentary reveals the backgrounds of the masked revelers, while Rios's allusive language shows that words too wear masks, hiding an astonishing range of further meanings and implications. Larva revives a Hispanic tradition repressed for centuries by introducing the English tradition of puns, palmodromes, and acrostics, and establishes Rios as the most accomplished successor (in any language) to Joyce."--BOOK JACKET.
Other Editions
- Larva
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