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The Absent City(10th Edition)
by Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2000 by Duke University Press Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2586-4, ISBN: 0-8223-2586-1

"Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, "The Absent City" takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on the transition to democracy after the end of such regimes, and on the power of language to create and define reality. Ricardo Piglia combines his trademark avant-garde aesthetics with astute cultural and political ..."

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Sergio Gabriel Waisman

Sergio Waisman

Ricardo Piglia