The Musical Brain: And Other Stories

by César Aira

Book Overview

A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of microfiction, C sar Aira-the author of at least eighty novels, most of them barely one hundred pages long-The Musical Brain & Other Stories comprises twenty tales about oddballs, freaks, and loonies. Aira, with his fuga hacia adelante or "flight forward" into the unknown, gives us imponderables to ponder and bizarre and seemingly out-of-context plot lines, as well as thoughtful and passionate takes on everyday reality. The title story, first published in the New Yorker, is the cr me de la cr me of this exhilarating collection.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081122029X
• ISBN13: 9780811220293
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 7.1"