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Catastrophes

Published
Jun 2013
Main Genre
Literary Literary
Pages
180

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"The greatest Afrikaner poet of his generation."--"The New Yorker"

Reminiscent of Julio Cortazar's "Cronopios and Famas," this searing collection of lyrical and often nightmarish prose pieces is inventive in both language and vision. At once vulnerable, playful, heart-wrenching, and melancholy, these dreamscapes shed light on the human condition, exile, and death. A feast for the senses and the mind.

Breyten Breytenbach is the author of "All One Horse," "Intimate Stranger," "Mouroir," "Voice Over: A Nomadic Conversation with Mahmoud Darwish "(Archipelago Books), "The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist," "A Season in Paradise," and "Windcatcher," among many others. His honors include the Alan Paton Award, the Hertzog Prize, the Prix Max Jacob, and the Mahmoud Darwish Award.

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First Edition Jun 2013 Archipelago Books ISBN 1935744178
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