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020			_a9781908968388
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bNEU/TR
100			_aNeuman,Andrés
245			_aTRAVELLER OF THE CENTURY
250			_a1
260			_aLondon _bPushkin _c2013/01/01
300			_g578
500			_a "The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to Neuman." ―Roberto Bolaño Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate―on identity and what it is that defines us―from which he cannot break free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various characters who populate the town, including a young freethinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contemporary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot be said about it. Traveler of the Century is a deeply intellectual novel, chock-full of discussions about philosophy, history, literature, love, and translation. It is a book that looks to the past in order to have us reconsider the conflicts of our present. The winner of Spain's prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, Traveler of the Century marks the English-language debut of Andrés Neuman, a writer described by Roberto Bolaño as being "touched by grace."
650			_aFiction
650			_aSpanish Fiction
700			_aCaistor, Nick (tr.) _a Lorenza Garcia (tr.,)
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999			_c191668 _d191668