Festival & Game of the Worlds

by César Aira

In Festival, the genius postmodern sci-fi filmmaker Alec Steryx is the star guest of a film festival in an unnamed country. But he's brought a surprise: his nonagenarian mother. Everyone is baffled: Why? Half-blind and terminally cranky, she does nothing but complain, despite insisting on attending every screening and reception. As Steryx's mother gums up the works for the festival organizers, larger problems are in store ... A delightfully baroque...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811237303
• ISBN13: 9780811237307
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 6.9"