Dinner

by César Aira

One Saturday night a bankrupt bachelor in his sixties and his mother dine with a wealthy friend. They discuss their endlessly connected neighbors. They talk about a mysterious pit that opened up one day, and the old bricklayer who sometimes walked to the cemetery to cheer himself up. Anxious to show off his valuable antiques, the host shows his guests old windup toys and takes them to admire an enormous doll. Back at home, the bachelor decides to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811221083
• ISBN13: 9780811221085
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 6.8"