State of Siege

by Juan Goytisolo

Book Overview

A traveler looks out his hotel window on a war-torn city. A mortar explodes in his room and, when the police arrive, the corpse has disappeared and only a notebook of apocryphal writings and poems is found. These enigmas lead into a labyrinth, where blind and barbarous forces lay siege to individual lives and diverse cultures.

"State of Siege is a novel of pure fiction, but infinitely more powerful than all the big speeches about Bosnia."--Le...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872864065
• ISBN13: 9780872864061
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 8.6"