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Genre/Form: | Satire Satirical literature Fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
César Aira |
ISBN: | 9780811220903 0811220907 |
OCLC Number: | 813539044 |
Description: | 266 pages ; 18 cm |
Contents: | The restorer of the laws -- The Legibrerian hare -- The hunt -- Carhue -- Traveling south -- Clarke's confession -- The duck's egg -- The underground -- The offensive-defensive alliance -- Preparing for war -- The war of the hare -- Clarke's story -- Happy families. |
Other Titles: | Liebre. |
Responsibility: | Cesar Aira ; Translated by Nick Caistor. |
Abstract:
Clarke, a nineteenth-century English naturalist, roams the pampas in search of that most elusive and rare animal: the Legibrerian hare, whose defining quality seems to be its ability to fly. The local Indians, pointing skyward, report recent sightings of the hare but then ask Clarke to help them search for their missing chief as well. On further investigation Clarke finds more than meets the eye:in the Mapuche and Voroga languages every word has at least two meanings. Witty, very ironic, and with all the usual Airian digressive magic, The Hare offers subtle reflections on love, Victorian-era colonialism, and the many ambiguities of language.
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