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Argentine-born, Barcelona-based Fresán's second work to be translated into English (after Kensington Gardens), this novel is the first in a planned trilogy. It eschews traditional plot in favor of several long episodes, almost like separate novellas, in the life of the anonymous protagonist, a writer. The episodes range from his near-drowning experience as a boy to his imaginative disappearance as a disillusioned quinquagenarian, not coi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More