Boxwood: Novel

by Camilo José Cela

Book Overview

Awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature, Cela, now well on in his eighties, is yet as crafty and craftful as ever. Boxwood, which can perhaps best be described as a non-novel, has none of the structural signposts readers generally expect: there is no exposition, no crux, no denouement. Instead we have a mix of folklore, tradition, superstition, autobiographical snatches, cooking directions, a litany of nautical disasters on the coast of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811214974
• ISBN13: 9780811214971
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"