Showing posts with label Varamo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Varamo. Show all posts
04 February 2012
Aira contra Marías
It's one of the breathtaking literary fights of recent memory. In the Insatiable Booksluts' Death Match series, the métier of Argentine boxer César Aira was pitted against Spanish slugger Javier Marías. The prose in contention? Aira's Varamo and Marías's Bad Nature, complete with a vintage rating system and a well-served prize trophy.
Watch the electrifying rounds and find out the (very close) results here.
Labels:
Bad Nature,
César Aira,
Chris Andrews,
Esther Allen,
Javier Marías,
Varamo
28 October 2011
"A childlike joy in storytelling"
If his books met with no resistance, that would mean that they weren’t upsetting accepted standards for judgement and setting new ones, which is what they’ve done in Argentina, where Aira is a strong pole of attraction and repulsion.
Chris Andrews talks to Scott Esposito (link) about his translation of Varamo by César Aira.
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